"Does she not know our actual names?" the bride's cousin wrote on Reddit Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for more than 15 years.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was invited to a shower for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. It was called a “suitcase” shower, meaning that everyone was asked to give a gift card since the bride lived out of town ...

DEAR ANNIE: I was very happy to receive a lovely bridal shower invitation in the mail this week. Last year, I went to a total of four baby/wedding showers. Three of those invitations were sent via ...

Dear Annie: I was very happy to receive a lovely bridal shower invitation in the mail this week. Last year, I went to a total of four baby/wedding showers. Three of those invitations were sent via ...

A letter writer is offended they were invited to the wedding shower but not the wedding of a friend’s daughter. Dear Miss Manners: I was invited to a shower for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. It was ...

Bridal shower poems are as perennial as spring weddings. Whether you want a sweet wedding poem or a funny speech to make your friends laugh, use these tips to compose something perfect for any theme.

Dear Annie: I was very happy to receive a lovely bridal shower invitation in the mail this week. Last year, I went to a total of four baby/wedding showers. Three of those invitations were sent via ...

Dear Miss Manners: How can I politely send regrets to an invitation to a coin shower (a shower where you give money instead of gifts) without feeling obligated to send a contribution? (I plan to give ...

Question: I know that it’s customary to send a gift if you’re invited to a wedding that you can’t attend—but what about a bridal shower? Is it expected to that you’ll send a shower gift to the bride ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister and I got shower invitations that we don’t understand. It’s for a close friend of ours from high school who just got engaged, and the hostess is a friend of hers we don’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman says her cousin has left family members feeling "insulted" after getting their names wrong on her wedding shower ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was invited to a shower for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. It was called a “suitcase” shower, meaning that everyone was asked to give a gift card since the bride lived out of town ...