Bridesmaid Meet and Greet Brunch UPDATED- Successful fun time!

I did it for the wedding party. I wouldn't have cared if we didn't host anything but bridesmaids wanted to. We basically had a house warming party cause we just moved in the day before- grilled out, played games, then went to a baseball later that night. It was fun

Totally unnecessary. They don't need to be friends. This is too much.

Don't plan your own shower or bach party. Let them communicate among themselves without you even being there to plan that. Brunch with Mimosa's is fine as well as doing over time lines etc but the extra parties you should not be part of.

I'm meeting some of the BMs for the first time at my friend's shower, though I've been texting and emailing them for a few weeks. I don't think it's a bad idea but don't have high expectations for everyone becoming best friends over brunch. On the other hand if you get distracted and don't get to all of the details you wanted to talk about, be ok with that too!

Mimosas will definitely help get conversation flowing though. Enjoy!

Dates= my bridal shower dates, FH's aunt is throwing me one and I know about it and my mom is throwing me another one which I also know about. Everyone works full time and my one BM is a professor at a college and has a really busy schedule around August when my showers will be so I wanted to give them the dates far ahead of time. They were just going to set a date for the bachelorette party that's all, not involve me in the discussion I just want to do something fun since I have been really stressed out with all the planning so this will be a good excuse to eat brunch food and drink some mimosas

This sounds fun!

I did the same thing with my bridesmaids! Four of the five have been friends for about 10 years or so, but my FSIL is also a bridesmaid, and my MOH and another bridesmaid were the only two to meet her previously. It's a great way for everyone to catch up and to spend time with your best friends!

Also if she wants to be involved in picking a date for the bachelorette, given work schedules and whatnot, there is nothing wrong with that.

@ Christy well its really a combination of my mom, my aunt and my sister throwing it for me- at my aunt's house so I'm fine with it

I think this sounds great! I plan on doing the same with my bridesmaids except I'll probably take them out to brunch because of limited space in my house. Several bridesmaids have mentioned wanting to all get together to meet one another. And if your Mom wants to throw you a shower, that's perfectly fine. Nothing wrong with that!

Why are people so damn negative? "They don't need to be friends"--well maybe they could become friends after meeting and hitting it off! Jesus...

OP this sounds like a lot of fun! Hope it goes well for you

I don't think a meet & greet is necessary. It just adds another event onto an already busy wedding calendar. They don't have to all be friends, and this can be done with a private FB group.

Who's throwing you a bachelorette party?

I think that would be fun!

Mikayla, we're not being negative, we're checking on Johanna's (seemingly high) expectations of her wedding party.

Jacks, your idea of high expectations is being invited to someone's house for brunch and mimosas? Wth? She's not requiring her bridesmaids to come to this.

Don't do this. I was in a wedding with two people I couldn't stand, we dealt with it and sucked it up when we had to be in the same room together. I would have been super pissed off if the bride had forced us to do this.

I have six ladies and not all of them know each other but a few know some of them.... basically , they ALL don't know each other. 3 are in the same state I am in and the other 3 are out of state. I just created a group on WhatsApp and we've been sharing ideas and planning the wedding together. A few want to plan a bachelorette party and bridal shower.. so I will leave that up to them

I would love that! Just don't require or demand attendance and it won't come across bride-zilla like. I actually really love the idea. And I work for a wedding planner, and we host similar events to this.

I guess I should clarify that no one was "forced" to come .. it was like hey I'm having food and drinks would you want to come over and everyone said yes.. I just haven't hosted many events yet in our new house so I would probably be a little nervous no matter what I was hosting- just my personality

Sounds like it will be really fun Johanna! I'd keep the 'wedding details and dates' stuff really brief and just enjoy some food and mimosas with your bridesmaids!