Miss Manners: How do I enforce a no-cellphones rule at my wedding ceremony?

When planning one’s wedding, it is essential to establish certain rules to ensure a smooth and enjoyable ceremony for all guests. One such rule that many couples struggle with enforcing…

Miss Manners: Declining wedding shower invitation without sending gift

Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: How can I politely send regrets to an invitation to a coin shower (a shower where you give money instead of gifts)…

Miss Manners: I invited a colleague to my wedding. Then they got fired.

Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: Some months ago, we invited my colleague X to our wedding. I have never been very close with X, but several others…

Miss Manners: My husband’s friends’ wives snubbed me during our outing

Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I went to a concert with two other couples. My husband is friends with both of the men, but…

Miss Manners: Guests at my wedding stole favors from other tables

Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I just got married a couple days ago. We are very into games, puzzles and dinosaurs, and our wedding…

Miss Manners: Do family members have to go to destination weddings?

Dear Miss Manners: Are relatives required to attend family destination weddings? No. If the place is special to the bridal couple, they can go there on their honeymoon. Not everyone…

Miss Manners: How do you say no to being in a wedding party?

Dear Miss Manners: My wife has become friendly with my friend’s fiancee over the past two years or so, but when she asked my wife to be in her wedding…

Miss Manners: How do we keep a wedding small without offending family?

Dear Miss Manners: One of our granddaughters plans to be married in an outdoor ceremony at our home, with a reception to follow at a local park. My husband and…

Miss Manners: We were shamed out of taking food from the wedding home

Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: We just attended the wedding of a close friend’s daughter at a hotel. Our table’s main courses, braised beef or salmon, were…

Miss Manners: How do I correctly ask for a reply to my wedding invites?

Placeholder while article actions load Dear Miss Manners: What is the correct way of wording for my wedding invitations? I don’t want to be rude and just put, “Please RSVP…