Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My husband and I have been together for 9 years and have two amazing children. We didn’t have the money years ago for a wedding but we do now and our eldest daughter (5) had been asking why we weren’t...

We recently sent out our invitations and I just heard back from my dad's family (6 aunts/uncles, 8 cousins and grandparents. They all RSVP'd no. There is no tension or fighting between our families...

Hi all! We are having two ceremonies, a smaller civil ceremony with family and a symbolic/spiritual destination wedding a couple of months later. Does anyone out there have advice on when to do our...

I immigrated to the US 5 years ago and will be having my wedding in my home country. I would love to ask my close friends to be my bridesmaid to this "destination wedding." I understand that not...

My brother asked his fiance's brother to be one of his groomsmen but didn't ask my husband which level wise is the same on the family level. My husband had my brother in his wedding party not because...

I can't decide on a father/daughter song! I used the (awful) search function on here and it seems like 90% of the suggestions are country songs. Country music definitely does not suit me and my dad....

Would it be rude of me to ask our photographer and their second shooter to eat at different times? Usually people say that they don’t want pics of people eating but since we only will have reception I...

Hi community.. I'm going through a nightmare with my name change here in FL. My husband is Puerto Rican where it is standard to be given both your mother and father's family name. When I showed my...

Hello All, I have three people on my side of the bridal party. I am not sure what "title" to give them, as they are all important to me. They are all married and have kids. It's my sister in law, my...

I don't know of any modern couples that follow the traditional anniversary gift model (waiting until your 50th for gold). What to give a spouse after one year, or only a few years? If you go overboard...

I have a friend who recently got engaged, and I’ve been wondering if I’ll be invited to the wedding. I’ve known the friend by going to school together, but over the past few years we haven’t really...

We’re getting ready to pay the remainder of the money we owe our venue and it is obviously a large quantity of money, I’m curious what the most secure way to pay for this is? I don’t really want to...

Hello everyone. Sorry beforehand if my grammar is bad. Idk how to start this. I'm having a wedding party and I am contemplating on inviting my best friend bf or both. The reason is I felt like they...

Two of my best friends are getting married right after me (1 month and 3 months). The bridal parties for each wedding are pretty much the same, except for a bridesmaid or two, and we are in 3...

So, we've already bought real wine glasses and real silverwear for our hors d'oevres wedding reception, but I'm not sure about buying or renting real plates. They sell nice looking plastic ones with...

Testing before I post!!! I’m a July bride 👰‍♀️

I am a converted Muslim and my fiancé is Muslim . We are planning on have a small party/reception maybe like 50-75 people . We do not drink because of our faith and my fiances family does not. My...

My Fiancé and I are going to have our first dance to Heather on the Hill by Nathan Evans. We wanted something fun and up beat, but neither of us are very good dancers. Does anyone have any advice to...

My husband and I got married over a week ago and I really need to vent about how our flowers turned out. We hired a preferred vendor who is absolutely amazing. He was one of the sweetest vendors, has...

So I am the mother of the bride. I am helping the maid of honor with the bachelorette trip. We will be going out of town for three nights to Fredericksburg in Texas. We are also taking a party bus...