Etiquette
Anniversary Gifts, Year by Year
Paper, cotton, leather and on to diamond — the traditional material for every anniversary, what it’s meant to say, and gifts that honor it without being literal.
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Etiquette
Invitations and how to word them, who to invite, gifts, thank-you notes and the questions nobody wants to ask out loud.
Etiquette · Invitations
When to Send the Invitations, and Everything Else
Etiquette · Invitations
How to RSVP, Properly
Etiquette · The Reference
Invitation Verses: Lines for the Top of the Card
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Etiquette · People
Registry and Gift Etiquette
What to register for, how to tell people about it without asking for presents, and the thank-you rules that actually matter.
From the archive
The whole archive →Advice and essays first published on Today’s Weddings between 1999 and 2019, kept as they were written.