Recently,
one bride shared with me her best engagement present: Emily Post’s Wedding
Etiquette. In response to her reveal, I laughed, because that’s the one book
that HJ advises all brides to purchase or borrow.
Although
the world has changed a hundred times over since she first began dispensing
advice, Emily Post’s still knows her etiquette. The etiquette-adviser-extraordinaire
(now a brand name than an actual person) provides guidance on everything from
who walks the mother-of-the-bride down the aisle to how to word an invitation for
two sets of divorced parents that also honors a deceased grandparent.
Post’s
Wedding Etiquette is intense, but any bride-to-be will undoubtedly find the
pages fascinating. Most important, however, is the fact that the book provides
brilliant ways and a world-renown backup source for saying “No” or “That’s not
proper.” And sometimes, a bride just needs to be able to say "No."
