DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are your thoughts on wedding gifts for second, third or fourth marriages? For a second marriage, I myself do not send a gift, just a “best wishes/congratulations” card ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are your thoughts on wedding gifts for second, third or fourth marriages? For a second marriage, I myself do not send a gift, just a “best wishes/congratulations” card ...

Planning a second marriage ceremony CAN be just like the first time around; most of the same rules of etiquette apply. But it also is an opportunity to try something totally new. "You don't have ...

It’s my second wedding, but his first. I don’t want to ask for gifts, but he thinks we should accept anything that is being offered. I am his equal, so I’m at a loss about what to do.

A wise friend once said, "Sometimes we don't get it right the first time, and that's OK. We're human." This is true of so many things: first recipes, first jobs, even first marriages.

I have two friends whose daughters will be married this fall, both for the second time. I have given gifts to both women for their first marriages. What is the rule of etiquette for the second ...

They both have good jobs and are financing the wedding themselves. Skip to Article. ... What is an appropriate wedding gift for our daughter’s second marriage? Published: Oct. 18, 2024, 3:49 a.m.

Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and wrote "Marriage, A History." Her new book, "A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and ...