Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Hi everyone! I’m getting married next year and I have a dilemma which I’ve known for years would arise when I eventually was to get married. I don’t have a relationship with my father - he walked out...

We just had our DW with 80+ guests in Punta Cana last weekend and it was amazing! Only 1/3 of the guests gave us gifts/cards, and I know for DW people say “their presence is their gift,” and we def...

I’d like to hear some others opinions and advice on this situation I’m in. Me and my boyfriend have been together for almost 3 years now. We aren’t in a rush our selves to get married because we want...

The way our guest list has grown blows my mind. One night, we had about 45, then we go over to my future MIL’s place and start talking about more names we might want to add. They came up with about 50...

Hello all!! This isn't a "who has the bigger ring" post lol. My issue is the top part of my ring sticks out which makes it easy for me to knock it against everything!!! I love my ring, which is why I...

What is the etiquette for doing the mother/son dance when both mom and step-mom are around? Step-mom mostly raised my fiancé, but real mom MUST be included too.

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...