My wedding is a DW In Europe. We kept the list of the people invited to the wedding very small because we wanted an intimate setting With extremely close friends and immediate family, and our venue can only accommodate so many. As a result, a lot of good friends of mine will not be in attendance.
I will not personally be having a bridal shower, but some friends of ours recently offered to throw us a laid back crawfish couples shower (we aren’t opening gifts, it’s just a time to hang out with friends). I would love for the friends that won’t be in attendance (aka weren’t on the wedding guest list) to come and eat, drink, be merry and hang out with us at this shower. I don’t want them to bring gifts (and will specifically say this to them). I just want them to bring themselves because I just want them to be included somehow since they won’t be attending the wedding.
However, I know there’s rules around not inviting people to showers if they werent also invited to the wedding, because it can come across as a gift grabby.. But I truly just want them to come and hang out and have a good time!
So Is it OK to still invite them and just explain that they don’t need to bring gifts? Or is that still a no-no? What should I do?
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