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Did you invite your bridesmaids'/groomsmen's parents?

S&P, on April 4, 2016 at 4:30 PM Posted in Planning 0 25

Two of my bridesmaids are my sister and FSIL so obviously their parents are invited. The other two are my friends since high school and I spent a lot of time at their houses when we were younger so I know their parents pretty well, but I haven't seen them as much over the last few years. I think I should invite them, but I'm conflicted because we're running out of space. FH's groomsmen are friends from college so he doesn't know their parents well and he's not inviting them. Just curious what other people did, did you invite parents of the bridal party?

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Latest activity by Anne, on July 19, 2019 at 6:37 PM
  • Kristy
    Master November 2015
    Kristy ·
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    Nope.

    It just depends how close you are to them. Don't feel that you are in any way obligated just because they are related to the wedding party.

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  • sandpiper
    Super March 2016
    sandpiper ·
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    If you're close to their parents and would want to invite them anyway (regardless of their kids' role in your bridal party), then yes. Otherwise definitely not.

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  • FreshToDeathAng
    Master September 2016
    FreshToDeathAng ·
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    3 of my 6 BMs parents because I know them very well. Definitely not an obligation, but we had room on our guest list and felt like I wanted to include them . This could go either way

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  • Jersey
    Master November 2016
    Jersey ·
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    2 of my bridesmaids are my friends from elementary school, so I did invite their parents because they are basically like my second parents. But I didn't feel pressured to invite any of them, I just wanted to because I still see them often. I just called my MOH's mom yesterday flipping out because I ran out of BC and she's in the medical field and told me the calm the F down lol

    So if you aren't close,don't worry about it!

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  • Sandyfish
    Super August 2017
    Sandyfish ·
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    I am very good friends with my friend's parents (I visited them frequently while she lived abroad); I hope this particular friend will be my MOH when I am ready to ask my bridal party.

    Her parents will be invited to our wedding.

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  • Sangele
    Master April 2016
    Sangele ·
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    Depends how close you are. FH invited all parents and some siblings from his WP. He grew up in a small town and is very close to all of them. Me, not so much. The only parents of the BP who received an invite was FSIL's parents and only because FMIL opened up her big mouth and asked for their address. They declined, so no hard feelings.

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  • Carly
    VIP April 2016
    Carly ·
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    We invited one of my bridesmaid's parents but we have a wonderful relationship going back years. We didn't invite anyone else's parents just because they're their parents.

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  • EleanorRigby
    VIP May 2016
    EleanorRigby ·
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    No. My bms/gms are all adults living on their own. Other than my two sisters I don't even know the parents of the rest of them.

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  • Nicole
    Master July 2015
    Nicole ·
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    Don't feel obligated. We invited my MOH's parents. She asked if her parents could come to just the ceremony because her mom loves weddings so I just went ahead and invited her to the whole thing.

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  • TwoGeeksWed
    Expert April 2016
    TwoGeeksWed ·
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    I invited the mom of one of my bridesmaids, but I've also known this bridesmaid since we were both in diapers. Her mom was a second mom to me when we were growing up.

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  • Caroline
    VIP September 2016
    Caroline ·
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    If you have room, invite the ones you feel close to. My MOH's parents practically raised me. I was at their house more than my own. I'd pick them over some family members! Other BM's parents I haven't met or aren't as close to, so they aren't invited.

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  • NFLDBride
    Devoted July 2015
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    Since the only non-family bridal party member was DH's best buddy, and we had only met his parents and stepdad once, we didn't extend an invite to them. Had we known them better, we probably would have

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  • SoontobeMrsO
    Super May 2016
    SoontobeMrsO ·
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    My brother's GF is one of my BM. Her parents invite us over for things every once in a while, so I invited them. But no one else's family. If I had enough room, I would have invited my Best friend's parents since I see them often enough.

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  • Lara
    Master July 2015
    Lara ·
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    Our BP was all family (my sis, his bro, his daughter) so they were all already there (except his daughter's mom, obv), but I didn't invite the parents of any of my close friends.

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  • LizzyC
    Master April 2016
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    None of ours are, although I almost invited my MOH's parents. I've become closer with them over the last few years and I've gotten closer to my friend. I did feel like they were a "B-list" in my mind though, and based on that I didn't extend the original invite.

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  • FutureMrsReno
    Expert October 2016
    FutureMrsReno ·
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    We only invited my Matron of Honor's parents. I've been really close with her family for many years, and I've spent a lot of time with them, so it was obvious that I wanted to invite them. FH and I don't have the same type of relationship with any of the other parents of our BP, so we didn't invite them.

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  • Cattledogbride
    Devoted October 2019
    Cattledogbride ·
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    We're inviting Best mans parents and grandparents because we are super close with them but the other people in the party we aren't. Its up to you who you invite.

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  • KDS
    Super July 2016
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    I know the parents of all of my bridesmaids and some I have spent a decent amount of time with. But I am only inviting the parents of my MOH because they were like second parents growing up. I with them on maybe 10 or so family trips.

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  • Soon2BMrsB
    VIP October 2016
    Soon2BMrsB ·
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    Nope. I'm not. Way too small of a wedding for this. I wouldn't add bridal party's parents unless a) I was super close to them or b) I had an unlimited guest list.

    You should decide based on your own situation and your relationship to them. Only you know best about whether or not they should be invited. Sounds like it may not be a good option because you're running out of space.

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  • Courtney
    Dedicated September 2016
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    The only parents I am inviting are the MOH parents and BM parents. My grade school friends parents had to get cut off the list due to budgetory reasons

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