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stepson's wedding

Monica — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:13:43 GMT

My stepson's wedding will be in Las Vegas in a chapel with a dinner afterwards. The wedding is in October, what should I wear, and how should I deal with an ex and others that make trouble.

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declining wedding invite

joette — Thur, 29 May 2008 21:37:28 GMT

received a wed. invite...but live 1500 miles away and will not be attending... do I need to send a gift... its for a step cousins child's wedding...

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Role of stepmother

Beckie — Thur, 22 May 2008 00:15:12 GMT

I need some advice. My niece is getting married Oct 2009. When going over the wedding budget, she split the cost between her parents. Her father, who is now remarried, as agreed to pay for his "half" providing that his new wife be involved. This is causing a bunch of conflict with the mother. The stepmother has never been involved in my niece's life. Her father remarried when my niece graduated high school. She has had no involvement in raising her, or planning any other life event (graduation, birthdays, ect.). The condition her father has placed on his money seems unreasonable. My niece isn't sure how to handle the issue. Her mother is outraged to say the least at the situation. What role, if any, does the step mother have? We aren't sure what to do with pictures, seating, planning, ect. Any advice would be grateful.

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father of the bride

Nathalie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:59:28 GMT

I would appreciate if someone could let me know if it is etiquette to write the father of the bride's title on the weddiong invitation, please as some people say I should include it while others say I shouldn't. Thank you
Nathalie.

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Two weddings in the same family = problem

Kyle — Thur, 03 Jan 2008 00:21:33 GMT

Hi,

I read the post about spacing etiquette between weddings within the same family and I have a follow up question.

My fiance and I have been engaged since December of 2006, with a wedding date set as June 14, 2008. Her sister just got engaged on New Year's Eve of 2008 and she has already set her wedding date as July 4, 2008. We are incredibly uncomfortable with this date, as it is less than three weeks away from our date. Our friends and family have commented about how close this is, but my fiance's parents don't seem to mind, nor does her sister.

How is the best way to handle this situation? We are extremely upset with how this is being handled and we feel frustrated and stuck. Please help!

Kyle

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BRIDAL PARTY

MICHELLE BOWEN — Thur, 29 Nov 2007 18:13:47 GMT

I HAVE A 6YR OLD GIRL NIECE OF THE GROOM SHE IS GOOING TO HELP MY RINGBEARER AND FLOWER GIRL DOWN THE ISLE. I WAS WONDERING IN MY PROGRAM WHAT WOULD HER TITLE BE?

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Etiquette re stepmothers

Linda Harward — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:56:56 GMT

I can't find an answer to this question anywhere.

At the wedding, when all birth parents are present, plus the groom's

stepmother - his father's wife of 10 years, with whom he has been close.

Does the stepmother get a corsage? Is she allowed to stand up with the

birth parents promising to support the marriage? Should she be in any of

the family wedding pictures? Or should she be ignored and excluded?

The groom's 3 parents get along fine, at least superficially. The BRIDE

hates the step-mom because she and dad refused to pay for the honeymoon, so

elected to be as rude as possible on the wedding day. She ordered the

flowers and left step-mom out. (See first paragraph for what else she did.)

I have never been to a wedding where the step-mom didn't get a corsage of

some kind, therefore I always believed it was a rule of etiquette that the

stepmothers were honored along with the mothers (a smaller corsage would be

fine).

Now I want to back that opinion up and I can't find a authoritative source

that proves what I know in my heart to be true. Does being a step-parent

give people the right to be rude to you?

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Who to invite-Stemother's family

Sue — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:16 GMT

I'm recently re-married and my new husband has a daughter who will be getting married in 2008. My young son is the ring-bearer. My husband will be contributing money to the event. Is it appropriate for me to ask to invite my mother/father, sister/husband and (93 year old!) grandmother? Also, what is etiquette as far as dress is concerned? Do I try to match/blend with the wedding party color? Should I check out of courtesy with the brides mother regarding what color she is wearing so we don't clash or wear the same color?

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Reception etiquette for divorced parents

sue jacobs — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:57:09 GMT

How would you handle this situation, my step daughter is getting married on August 17th and having a small wedding about 2 hours away. Now the grooms parents are planning an reception in there home town a couple of weeks later. Then we live in the same town with the x-wife and would like to have a combined wedding reception ( please note they have been divorced for 20 years). The X-wife says no way we will have to have our own reception and we feel this is not only inconvenient for our daughter because they live 6 hours away and would have to come down twice we feel the X-Wife is not be rational on the situation. Please advise on how to handle this situation.

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invitations for private ceremony w/out children

deb — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:29:54 GMT

The wedding will be held where seating is limited. How do you word
the invitation for adults only, no children. We were thinking of enclosing
a small insert to those who have children but how should it be worded?
What if people show up who were not formally invited? The wedding and sit down dinner reception will be held in the same place.

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substitute guest on wedding rsvp

jeanette hansen — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:26:29 GMT

My husband and i have been invited to the wedding of a close friend's son. My husband is not able to attend due to a work committment. I don't want to attend alone. Would it be okay to reply with my name and my daughter's name on the rsvp ?

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which day for my wedding?

Michelle — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:15:13 GMT

Hi, hopefully you can help me, I am having trouble picking when I want to have my wedding. Saturday night is out because it is too expensive. My next choice is Saturday afternoon but my worry with that or a Sunday afternoon is that people will not dress as formal. I know Saturday afternoons are more money then Friday nights but people seem to dress up more for Friday nights, Can you please advise me on the customs of the three Saturday afternoon Friday night and Sunday afternoon

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bridal shower etiquette after civil ceremony

Selena — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:12:12 GMT

I have a question about whether or not having a bridal shower AFTER a civil ceremony would be considered a faux pax. Only immediate family are invited to the civil ceremony with dinner after, however many of our friends know that we are getting married by a judge this month. We are planning to have a church wedding with reception in which our friends will be invited at the end of the year. Is it against etiquette to have a bridal shower before the church ceremony? My mother thinks it would be tacky and inappropriate.

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Two weddings in the same family

Veronica — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:46:47 GMT

What is the etiquette for spacing (time between) two weddings within the same family? Is one and one-half months enough time?

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Wedding Etiquette for stepmother

Mrs. D — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:30:47 GMT

My stepson will be getting married soon, unfortunately his mother doesn't like me at all, even though I've tried to communicate with her for over 20 yrs. I'm still with his dad, with whom his mother never married. She also has since married. Still she doesn't like me. What should I do as far as attending the wedding with my husband, for my stepson? pictures etc....

Concerned, Mrs.D

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