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Wedding Etiquette Questions: Ask the Etiquist

Questions and Answers about wedding etiquette.

Remember: Etiquette is a guide for behavior, not a law. Each family and situation is unique. Use wedding etiquette as basis, but don't adhere blindly to the rules of etiquette when your common sense tells you otherwise.

Divorced Parents Wedding Etiquette

Q. How should divorced parents be seated at the ceremony, and must they greet guests at the reception together?

Q. Should the bride's father or stepfather walk her down the aisle?

Q. Does an Absentee Divorced Dad Walk his Daughter Down the Aisle?

Q. Do I have to invite my divorced father's new fiance to my wedding?

Q. Where in the processional should the bride's divorced father and step father be?

Who Pays for What?

Q. What are the Financial Responsibilites of the Parent's of a Second Bride or and Older Bride?

Q. If You Split the Cost of the Wedding, Do You Split the Cost of the Rehearsal Dinner?

Q. What are the Financial Responsibilities of the Groom's Parents?

Wedding Invitation Etiquette

Q. How do you word a wedding invitation when children are not invited?

Q. Is a deceased parent's name included on a wedding invitation?

Q. Do you mention the groom's parents on a wedding invitation?

Q. How do you address a formal invitation to a couple who both have their Doctorate?

Q. How do you word an invitation to a single person when no guest is invited?

Wedding Rehearsal Etiquette

Q. Who gets to choose the location of the rehearsal dinner?

Q. How many people can the brides' family invite to the rehearsal dinner?

Wedding Guest List

Q. Is it okay to invite only SOME children to an adult only wedding reception?

Q. Is it okay to invite a single person to a wedding reception without inviting them to bring a guest?

Q. Is it rude to exclude distant relatives from your guest list?

Weddings & Guests with Children

Q. How do you deal with guests that want to bring children to an adult only reception?

Wedding Gift Etiquette

Q. Shoud the father of the bride give the couple a gift if he's paying for the wedding?

Wedding Guest Attire

Q. What is Suitable Guest Attire at an Upscale, Evening Wedding?

Q. Is it alright to wear a long dress to an afternoon wedding?

Q. What do I wear when my husband is a groomsman?

Second Wedding & Wedding Shower Etiquette

Q. Who do I invited to my second wedding?

Q. What are my obligations to throw a wedding shower for a second time bride?

Q. How do you let guest know you don't want gifts at a second wedding?

Dealing with Wedding Vendors

Q. Who do you tip at a wedding and how much?

Adoption/Birth Parent Wedding Etiquette

Q. Should a birth parent send or be mentioned on wedding invitations?

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