My best friend & i are planning our wedding. its going to be black, turquoise & white colors. if you have any ideas for favors or wedding places it would be a great help. this is our first wedding & we are totally confused.
When checking out the engagement news in the local paper, most follow the same format:
…Bride & groom’s parents’ names announcing the engagement
…names of the couple
…bride-to-be’s educational/employment background
…groom-to-be’s educational/employment background
…date/location of ceremony
For the sake of economy, some look like this:
…Bride & groom’s parents’ names announcing the engagement
…names of the couple
…date/location of ceremony
In today’s paper, the announcement looked like this:
…Bride & groom’s parents’ names announcing the engagement
…names of the couple
…bride-to-be’s educational/employment background
…LENGTHY description of parent’s occupations
…groom-to-be’s educational/employment background
…LENGTHY description of parent’s occupations
…date/location of ceremony
Both fathers are high-power attorneys.
I realize that the wealthy/powerful use family weddings as social payback but it seems really tacky to insert their employment into an engagement announcement.
Yes, they’re probably going to pay beau coup bucks but doesn’t this just seem like an advertising gimmick?
I wonder if they can write the announcement cost off?
I’m still working on Emily Post guidelines from the 50s & 5 60s and I know etiquette has changed since then but it just doesn’t seem right.
What’s your idea?
Is this tacky or currently acceptable?
I want to know if a company were doing a giveaway on wedding items what items would you want to win the most. Please list them in order from your most needed item to your least.
- Veil
- Tiara
- Cake Topper
- Toasting Flutes
- Cake Server Set
- Flower Girl Basket
- Ring Bearer Pillow
- 60.00 Worth of favors
- Guest Book & Pen Set
I wanted a destination wedding from the beginning I have always invisioned getting married on a white sandy beach by the clear blue water, not in Pennsylvania. However, his family had complained because they would not be able to attend. We did plan for a nice ceremony & reception however, it was a strain on our finances and I was being told by my family that I was trying to plan a Champainge wedding on a beer budget. 2 months ago,we decided that we would go get married by a JP, which was fine with me, now my fiance has now decided(with the help of his mother) that he wants to have a wedding. I was more excited about going to the JP than going out shopping for a wedding gown. I basically turned over the planning to him because I don’t care. I have the attitude of tell me when and where I need to be on that day. Am I being selfish? Is it strange that I don’t have a slight bit of interest in my own wedding planning? Has this happened to anyone else?
Bride speaking: Neither of us are religious & don’t want a big production of a wedding. We had decided on getting married, alone, on the Virgin Islands. We were happily researching & planning when husband-to-be’s, 2 sisters starting laying on the guilt about not being able to attend and they want us to change plans & get married here instead. Husband-to-be is extremely torn, wants to make family happy, has an extremely hard time telling anyone "no". I don’t want to change plans & think his sisters are being selfish & rude, and should be happy for him. They know there would also be a reception planned in his hometown, yet insist they must be at the ceremony, even though they know we want to have it private and uncomplicated. Also, both sisters have unruly children that no one can control. The kids will be fighting for attention the entire time if they are present. How does the bride-to-be handle this? Serious and well thought-out answers only please. Thanks.
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Im only worried about the color, since only a bride should wear white, but this has a pattern over the white so is it appropriate? Im 16 and i could use this dress fro more then one occasion (banquets coming up, dinners etc..) Thanks in advance!
my godmother is having a wedding & i dunno which dress to wear. im gunna be 14 2 days after the wedding . . . which do yhu like ?
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plz tell me yur favorite & maybe even put them in order from best to worst in yur opinion.
thnkss
wishes&kisses. x
We will be having an outdoor ceremony followed by an indoor reception. I was thinking because the bride&groom take pictures following the ceremony while the rest of the attendees are ushered inside we should have some sort of appetizer such as spinach dip in bread bowls. We are also having a cash bar so I want to each table to have a bottle of champagne or wine. How would you set the tables for this with the floral center piece, wine/champagne and bread bowls?
Event planning & party planning has always been a passion of mine. I found an online program & class that gives you a certification in wedding and even planning. I’m thinking about doing this, but is it realistic for this to possibly be a full time career? Or is it something most people do on the side? I know most people work for them selves, but if you wanted to work with a cooperation, how easy is it to find this kind of job? Any info on the career will help. Thank you
My husband’s old college friend is getting married. When the invitation arrived today, it was only addressed to my husband. On the R.S.V.P. card, the space for "Name" and "Number attending" is blank to fill in. I assume that I (the wife) am not invited. The groom knows that he is married. Is it bad etiquette for the bride & groom not to invite a guest’s spouse?
Update: Just to clarify, I am not taking this personally at all. I am just trying to ask for your opinions. After all, this wedding is a 2 hr. drive away and because it is an evening ceremony/reception, we initially considered checking into a hotel overnight (before we received the invite). When we got married, I addressed the outer envelope to couples as "Mr. & Mrs" or "____& guest" and the inner envelope with their actual names. Some R.V.S.P. cards I’ve seen go so far as to already fill in the "Number Attending" such as "2" and give the guest of the option of filling "Accepts" or "Regrets". This invitation was not so clear — and it did not have an inner envelope at all.