Wedding Gift Etiquette

My daughter is getting married next Sunday. Small, simple wedding, but I have no advisor and I didn’t have a big wedding. There will be a Maid of Honor, Best Man, Flower girl, Ringbearer.

I think the Best Man is already in the front with the groom, so what about the rest,…and who does the Best Man walk the recessional with? The Maid of Honor?

Which side does her dad stand on when walking her down the aisle?

Which is the Bride’s side and which is the Groom’s side?

Is there a website I can go to for advice?

Thank you.

Tags: come, order, Party, Wedding

I have the usual people in my bridal party. Best man, M.O.H., groomsmen, bridesmaids, flower girls, etc. etc etc.

What is the usual order for the wedding party to enter?

Tags: order, Party, procession, usual, Wedding

I got married last month in Las Vegas. My sister is giving my husband and I a party. This is not a shower, and not an occasion where I am expecting gifts. However, I know that some people may bring gifts. In this instance, do I open the gifts at the party, or should I wait until later? I have heard different perspectives. Some say that you open gifts at a shower, but not at a party. Other people are of the opinion that it is tacky not to go ahead and open the gifts that people bring. I don’t want to offend anyone! What is the proper protocol here! Thanks!

Tags: Etiquette, Gift, opening, Party, post, Wedding

I am in my mid 20s and lots of my friends are getting married, but one thing that is really bothering me is that all of them are expecting gifts, expensive gifts, not just at their wedding showers, but at their engagement parties, their bachelor/bachelorette parties and then also at their actual weddings. When I was growing up my parents taught me that a gift at the shower or at the wedding itself if you weren’t invited to the shower was good etiquette, but my boyfriend get so embarrassed when everyone else brings gifts to every occasion and I insist that we are fine. Are we wrong for not bringing $50+ gifts to every event or are our friends wrong for expecting gifts at every event surrounding the wedding?
To add to the earlier details, are showers and weddings 2 separate events requiring 2 different gifts off of the couple’s registry? Typically everyone brings a registry gift to the showers, and then another to the wedding. At the bachelorette showers invitations go out with requests for lingere and “gifts meant to be enjoyed on the honeymoon” and for the bachelor parties bottles of liquor or adult themed gifts… It adds up when you consider we all for the most part just finished school and my boyfriend and I are both still in school (PhD studies) without full time employment.
One last thing, I don’t even live in the country (I go to a university abroad), but I still get invites and send gifts, as if the situation wasn’t complicated enough. Answers for my specific situation and in general for people who do attend all of the events are appreciated.

Tags: Etiquette, gifts, Party, regarding, shower, Wedding

Hello, I have a friend going to an engagement party. It is the groom’s second wedding and the bride’s first. Should she bring a gift? What is the etiquette?

Tags: etiquette/engagement, Gift, Party, Second, Wedding