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What is wedding etiquette? Well, for the time being; let’s just say it is something that can help you reduce the stress of planning a wedding. Planning a wedding almost invariably causes a lot of stress, including arguments and disagreements, to both the families. Following the proper wedding etiquette can help you avoid these tiffs. Your families might have different or even conflicting ideas about the kind of marriage they want. Your fiancé might want a formal and traditional wedding, while you might want an unconventional one. Following wedding etiquette will make sure that nobody’s opinion is ignored or disrespected.

Payments

Who pays for what? Isn’t that the inevitable question that pops up when you are planning a wedding? If you look at traditional wedding etiquette, it states that the bride’s parents should be responsible for almost every aspect of the wedding, while the groom’s parents should pay for the rehearsal dinner. The traditional rules, however, no longer hold. The proper way to go about deciding on payments is to sit down with both your parents and your fiancé’s parents and decide on how the wedding will be paid for. Many couples choose to pay for their wedding on their own. This is especially common for older couples getting married for the first or second time.

Invitations

Proper wedding etiquette states that the bride’s parents’ names should be listed on the wedding invitation. Common sense however, would make you question about the authority of the groom’s parents. Extreme tradition is on its way out, and you can word your invitation the way you want to. Many brides and grooms choose to list all parents on their wedding invitation. Also, if they are paying for the wedding themselves, many do not add their parents’ names at all.