Invited Late? A Gift Is Still Usually Warranted A friend of mine from graduate school is getting married next month (we are both currently in school).  We have been friendly for nearly two years but do not often get together outside of school.  I have known about his wedding for a while but was not […]

My fiancée and I have chosen a destinationlike wedding. The location requires a ferry ride to an island. We had not intended to pay for our guests’ ferry rides (it is simply not in our financial ability), but the boat is owned by the restaurant. When placing our down payment on the restaurant/location, we also […]

  Fairy Tales Come True, Even on Monday     What is a bride to do when she falls in love with a reception site that is beyond her budget? Start negotiating or consider a Thursday. When Jenny Pinzari, 28, was planning her August wedding to Adam Blotner, also 28, she fell in love with […]

I am thinking of inviting all the ladies at my church to a bridal shower. There will be approximately 30 to 40 invited, and possibly up to 20 will attend. We are a small church (approximately 100 each Sunday) and the groom has been attending all of his life (30 years). His fiancée is new […]

Last fall I received a save-the-date card for a wedding of a friend’s daughter. The event was to be held in another state where the daughter now lives.  A few months later I asked my friend, who I now see only occasionally, how the wedding plans were coming along.  She told me the couple had […]

Chuppah The Chuppah, or wedding canopy, is a covering, often cloth, held aloft on four poles. The chuppah is symbolic of the first roof the bride and groom share together, representing their new home. That there are no walls in this new home, encourages the couple to follow in the ways of Abraham and Sarah, […]

The Honor of Your Postage Is Requested HUNGRY for revenue, the United States Postal Service is out for its own slice of the American wedding business. Figuring that a majority of couples are still choosing traditional printed invitations for their weddings, rather than “e-vites” and other Web communications tools, the Postal Service has been issuing […]

Are bridesmaids expected to give a wedding gift, especially if they cover the costs of a bachelorette party and give shower and engagement presents? Katherine, New York In the traditional wedding scheme, yes, a wedding gift to the couple is on a bridesmaid’s to-do list and outranks secondary gifts like a shower gift. A bridesmaid […]