# Life Events & Gifts

> Wedding guest etiquette, thank-you notes with templates, gift etiquette, and what to say and do when someone is grieving.

URL: https://courteo.us/life-events/

Weddings, gifts, losses and thanks are the moments when people most want to get it right and most worry they won’t. These guides give clear defaults, real numbers where they exist, and wording you can adapt.

## Guides

- [Wedding guest etiquette: what the couple hopes you’ll know](https://courteo.us/wedding-guest-etiquette/): How to RSVP, what to spend on a wedding gift, decoding dress codes, plus-one rules, phones at unplugged ceremonies, and being a guest couples remember.
- [How to write a thank-you note, with templates for every occasion](https://courteo.us/thank-you-notes/): When to send a thank-you note, how soon, what to write, and ready-to-adapt templates for wedding gifts, cash, job interviews, hosts, sympathy support and kids.
- [Gift etiquette: how to give (and receive) gracefully](https://courteo.us/gift-etiquette/): Practical gift etiquette: budgets, registries, cash and gift cards, gift receipts, regifting, office gifts, and receiving a gift you don’t love.
- [Condolence etiquette: what to say, write and do when someone is grieving](https://courteo.us/condolence-etiquette/): What to say (and avoid) when someone dies, sympathy card wording, funeral etiquette, bringing food, and how to keep showing up in the weeks after.

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