Bridal Shower

When my mom asked me for my guest list for the Bridal Shower these were the "guidelines" she gave me which really helped! There are a bunch of people on my wedding guest list that are the wives of FH's dad's friends that I don't know, or his moms random third cousins that I don't really know all that well. I didn't invite anyone from FH's side that I have not personally held a conversation with.

1. only people invited to wedding get invited to shower

2. +one's do not get invited to shower3. Female spouses do not get invited if groom/bride only know male invitie.

The shower invites should be your inner circle of friends and family that you see/talk to on a regular/normal basis that you are also inviting to the wedding. It does not have to include every single person on the wedding invite list. Make a list of those you want to invite, give the list to the host/hosts and go from there.

Bridal shower invites should be reserved for your nearest and dearest.

Nope, not at all. Everyone who is invited to the bridal shower should be invited to the wedding, but not all guests invited to the wedding need to be invited to the shower ☺️

View Quoted Comment Agree. Showers are usually small, even if you have a large guest list for the wedding itself. I heard some people here say 20–30 is average for a shower.

Various people will throw you showers. Family and friends on both sides who are invited to the wedding. At the same time, you will have people who know they are not invited but they want to celebrate and share your happiness which is the exception: coworkers, houses of worship or clubs you belong to . Most women are not that intimately close to 50/60+ women and showers are typically on the smaller side (30 or fewer guests). When you start getting into the larger guest count las, they tend to be friends of the hosts whom you are not close to and are not invited to the wedding, which is impolite. If and when the hosts ask you to provide a suggested guest list, which is the only input the bride has beyond an available date, only invite the closest people to you. If you are not asked for guest input then graciously accept whatever they give you.

You can invite whomever you want, within the limits of the host, as long as they are invited to the wedding. You don't have to include the entire guest list, no.