Bridal shower

Old fashion is just women. I went modern and invited younger men that were family, all men friends and my FH was there. I also had friends and family women there of course

I invited family only from my side. I didn’t invite friends to the shower just the wedding. I think traditionally it’s all women invited to the wedding. As long as who ever you invite is invited to the wedding, I don’t think there’s a wrong way to invite people.

Women invited to the wedding. I'll probably just do close female friends and family.

My mom actually sent me an email on this when she wanted my guest list for the Bridal Shower She was planning and from what her research found etiqutte stated:

1. only people invited to wedding get invited to shower
2. +one's do not get invited to shower
3. Female spouses do not get invited if groom/bride only know male invitee.
So essentially I invited every women I personally knew who was also coming to the wedding. I excluded the wives of FH's dad's friends where I only ever met the husband, some Groomsmen's girlfriends, and one aunt who I don't like lol

Hi Shannon! You can invite every woman who is invited to the wedding, but most of the time bridal showers tend to be smaller and more intimate events!!

I invited all my female family members, bridesmaids, and close friends who lived in-town for a guest list of 30 people. Personally I think 20-30 guests is the perfect size!

You can also check out this article with expert guest list tips:

Who Do You Invite to a Bridal Shower?

View Quoted Comment Very helpful resource! Thank you so much.

View Quoted Comment I was curious about this, my fiancé cousins are getting married around the same time as us and I wasn’t sure if it would be rude to not invite them to shower because I don’t know them that well yet.

View Quoted Comment Hi Lynn, that’s what I was thinking, close friends and family because there are a number of ppl invited to the wedding and our bbq the day after so this event can be more intimate. Thank you!

View Quoted Comment Now I can say that I’m not inviting anyone from my fiancé side except his mom, sister (she’s a bridesmaid) and his nana. I don’t think his cousins need to be there because it’s about you, unless you’re having a couples shower.

The important ladies in your life!! People who want to celebrate you and shower you with love in a more intimate way before your wedding day.

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My aunt brought up her annoyance with being invited to a Bridal Shower for a woman she never met just because she was invited to the wedding as she knew the groom. My aunt still went because she's not one to miss a party, but she did say she felt a little weird about the invite.

I personally wanted my Bridal Shower invite to only go out to people who had personally met me and could tell you what my last name is and have had a conversation with me without FH present.

I didn't want random people there that I would essentially have to be introduced to. FMIL wanted me to invite some random people we're inviting to the wedding to the Bridal Shower and I had to put my foot down cause I literally didn't know who these people were or had only seen them once in my 7 year relationship with FH. My Bridal shower is about me, not FH as selfish as that sounds lol He's having a Stag so those random people could buy a ticket for that if they feel so inclined.

View Quoted Comment Makes perfect sense! Thank you for your response💕