Is it okay to get married and have a reception months later?

My fiance and I are extremely tight on cash at the moment, since I've been laid off work for the last couple months and we're in the process of buying a house, and we've been trying to think of any way at all we can save money on our wedding. We're trying to plan small, but his family is huge (9.... [Read more]

Why is asking for money as a wedding gift so improper?

My fiance and I have been together for 7 years, and lived together for 4 of those years. We have accumulated enough stuff to furnish a whole other apartment, so we don't need any more dept store gifts. We could really benefit from money as gifts for our wedding to help us start saving to buy a.... [Read more]

Wedding Registry Etiquette

My fiance and I are struggling with what is appropriate for our wedding gift registry. We are both older and we each have our own homes full of the items brides and grooms typically register for. We really need large ("big ticket") items for our new home (bedroom set, outdoor grill, coffee tables,.... [Read more]

Alerting Couple to Gift to Bank Account

I have no sense of wedding etiquette at all. If I want to donate to a bank account that the couple has set up for the purchase of their new home, how do I let them know that I've done that? There is information on their wedding web site about where to donate, but I don't understand how they are.... [Read more]

Inviting out-of-state guests to rehearsal dinner

My husband and I are paying for my daughter's wedding. Because she is getting married so far away (in her fiance's home state of Florida), no one from our side will be able to attend except one of my brothers from Louisiana and my best friend from Arkansas. My husband and I will be coming from.... [Read more]