MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin

I ran here in my wedding dress,” bride Eleni Vrettos said of getting alerts just minutes after saying “I do” last month. “Everything was just smoke at that point.”

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether a woman should have invited an acquaintance to her wedding after she was a bridesmaid in the acquaintance's wedding.

She had a limited budget and space for her ceremony and reception, so she did not invite Tara. Tara was upset and thought that she should have been invited in reciprocation, even though she had not made an attempt to build or maintain a relationship with Grace since her own wedding.

Just over a year ago, myself, a friend and that friend’s cousin “Grace” were asked to be bridesmaids in the wedding of another friend, “Tara.” Tara did not have a lot of female friends, so Grace was asked,

Money Manners is Honey Money's weekly column that deals with money etiquette matters that can be the cause of many an awkward encounter. Submit your Money Manners questions to Jo Abi at jabi@nine.com.