Wedding

Q: My daughter is getting married in July of this year. Her fiance is in the Marines and will be wearing his uniform (navy jacket, white slacks). He will have some of his Marine friends serve as ushers for the ceremony, wearing their uniforms as well. I understand that those in their uniforms will not [...]

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Q: My fiance and I are both 31 and we want an intimate wedding ceremony but a fairly large wedding reception. We have decided to have a ‘weddingmoon’ at a Sandals resort and have a post wedding reception five days after we return. We have been dating for four years, this is his first marriage [...]

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Q: I need to host a bachelorette party as one my maid of honor duties. However, the bride and the wedding are in Montana and I live in Alaska. I will be doing all my planning from Alaska and have limited resources in Montana. I have made reservations at a restaurant that specializes in wine. [...]

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Q: At your goddaughter’s rehearsal dinner, a tipsy bridesmaid’s toast turns into a funny but potentially inappropriate roast. Do you put a stop to it? A: Yes. A rehearsal dinner is the place for longer, more intimate toasts, but all topics aren’t fair game. Gauge the audience before you act, making sure your discomfort is [...]

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Q: What are the rules of common courtesy in terms of asking for parents’ blessing/permission to marry? Do you need to be in person to ask both your own parents and your significant other parents? A: Historically, if the marriage had not been arranged by the two families in the first place, it was up [...]

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Q: We are getting married in July and we are planning the reception to last into the morning. We want to do a ‘fake leave’ for pictures. What time should this be done. We are having the ceremony at our church at 6:00 pm and then of course there are all of the pictures we [...]

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Q: A dear friend has asked me to be her maid of honor. I am thrilled and have accepted. I want to make sure that I do a great job and help make her big day and memorable as possible. What are the responsibilities of a maid of honor? A: A maid/matron of honor may [...]

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Q: A co-worker is planning her daughter’s wedding for this summer. Her daughter wants to have hamburgs and hot dogs with assorted salads for the reception meal, yet the wedding is not casual. Is this appropriate? If not, how do we tell this co-worker? A: You don’t, unless she asks. If they wish to have [...]

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Q: My son and his fiance are to be married in two months. Save the date cards were sent out two months ago, and wedding shower invitations have been sent out just recently. The couple is having problems and are talking of delaying the wedding or possibly canceling the wedding altogether. At this point in [...]

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