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.
The section
Etiquette
Invitations and how to word them, who to invite, gifts, thank-you notes and the questions nobody wants to ask out loud.
Etiquette · After the Wedding
Changing Your Name After Marriage: The 2026 Guide
Etiquette · Gifts
How Much to Spend on a Wedding Gift in 2026
Etiquette · Invitations
Wedding Websites and Digital Invitations: The Etiquette
More in Etiquette
Etiquette · Guests
How to Have an Unplugged Wedding Ceremony
Asking guests to put their phones away for twenty minutes is one of the kindest requests a couple can make. How to word it, where to say it, and how to share every photograph afterward.
Etiquette · Invitations
How to Address and Assemble Wedding Invitations
The names on the envelope are the first thing guests read. How to address couples, families, doctors and officers, put the suite together in the right order, mail it and word the announcement.
Etiquette · Invitations
When to Send the Invitations, and Everything Else
The complete stationery timetable — save-the-dates, invitations, reply cards and thank-you notes — and how to get them all into the post on time.
Etiquette · Invitations
How to RSVP, Properly
The guest’s side of the invitation — when to reply, what to say, who is invited, and the handful of things that make a couple’s life much easier.
Etiquette · The Reference
Invitation Verses: Lines for the Top of the Card
One-line, two-line, three-line and four-line verses for wedding invitations, programs and menus — collected by Today’s Weddings readers since 1999.
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.