Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

We are having a small wedding with no brides maids and no groomsmen. The guy we hired is giving us Boutonnières & Corsages (2 of each). I have 1 sister and my partner has 2 brothers. We have a...

Hello. Would it be rude to have pre marriage parties when we plan to elope? We are planning a reception at a later date where we plan to invite friends and family, but the ceremony will be intimate...

Hi, Is there a polite/appropriate way to tell a vendor I’m not interested in speaking on the phone? I get bad social anxiety (ramped up now that I’m wedding planning) and can’t handle dealing with...

I encourage anyone & everyone to get counseling together, BEFORE getting married!! I've already learned so much about communication & what my spouse not only needs but expects from me as a...

Hello, I know this will be the “Ask the bride about this than us” I am currently dating/ on and off with someone and seeming like things arent going too well, am I in the wrong to unblock someone they...

I know it's a common tradition to get a wedding gift for your spouse, but I have no clues what to get him. Are you guys doing this too? Any thoughts on a good, thoughtful gift?

So I was talking with my future MIL yesterday regarding my fiancé’s side of the family getting invitations and responses to my wedding this June. One of my fiancé’s cousins is a lovely lady with the...

We are not having a Bridal Party. My dad is not in the picture so this hasn’t occurred to me until my Future FIL brought it up this weekend. My FH is wearing a tux, and his dad said he wants to wear...

Hi everyone, I’m facing quite a predicament and I’m hoping you can help. I was a friend’s MOH last year. I know her since kindergarten but we weren’t all that close growing up, only started hanging...

I feel like we have an average sized/priced wedding, but my extravagant spending is on our band. We are paying $13k for an awesome 12 piece band. They advertise as being inclusive of...

Is it rude to invite someone to your wedding without their spouse? I don’t have much room to add any more people unless I remove some. My mother has 2 friends that I know of-course as well. However,...

I wrote down the rsvp date 2 months before the wedding to give us enough time for seating charts since I'm planning a destination wedding and there's a lot of moving parts. I didn't think my...

So far I’ve only sent out save the dates with my guests names addressed and if someone is given a plus one “& guest” like totally standard??!! I heard a few friends mention to other friends who...

Hello everyone! We decided on a child free wedding which has so far gone smoothly. We just recently made one exception so FH's family from another country could attend. I feel bad for the other guests...

Hi ladies! So. Our wedding is in S. California. We decided to wed there because the groom’s family really can’t afford to come to us in WA or to a destination wedding. So, all my family is traveling...

We've already got invitations and the plan was to send them out really early so that family/friends travelling from far(which are many) will have time to plan their trip. But now I've been reading...

Ladies question...do you wear your engagement ring to bed? I heard you shouldn't. Something about the 5 S of not wearing an engagement ring...shower, shore, sleep, don't know the other 2. What do you...

My band is recommending the shoe game as a fun/funny little activity during the reception. We chose to skip the garter toss, and are only doing the bouquet toss. For this reason, the band wants to add...

Hi everyone! I'm seeking some advice from the community as I'm planning a "We Said I Do" after party about five months after our destination wedding. We are getting married abroad in January with...