Bridal Shower,...should I invite

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Feb 22, 2006 02:54 PM

Bridal Shower,...should I invite

FH's friends wives? I'm not close friends with these girls but we sometimes hang out in groups..... Also, the men are FH's groomsmen...

SunBride07 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 02:56 PM

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I would say yes.

KandE917 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 02:59 PM

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I would say no. I'm a big slasher of guests for showers....I hate it when every single female being invited to the wedding is invited to the shower. IMO the shower should be more intimate. Let's face it - who likes to go to showers anyway? If you're not that close to these girls they will probably dread getting the invite...no offense!

For a wedding I was in, my friend's mom made us invite everyone....I was the RSVP contact and I cannot tell you how many phone calls I got asking who this girl Katie was!

Up to you but I like smaller, intimate showers with just people the bride is closest to....which can be a large group...but I just think it's weird when people are invited who aren't that close to the bride.

MsKitty1274 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 02:59 PM

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FH and I just went over this exact topic last week.
What I did was took all the local women (not out of state-except for my mom, step mom and 2 BMs) that would/should be invited to the shower. I then sat down w/ FH and we took off the wives/girlfriends of his friends/co-workers that I don't know at all or that well. As for the dating/married Groomsmen, 1 is FH's brother and his wife is a BM and there is only 1 other GM that has a steady girlfriend, who I know and she will be invited.

julybride06 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 03:00 PM

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I invited them. You never know when you're going to be invited to a abay shower...and you don't want them to feel eft out or uncomfortable.

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:13 PM

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I wasn't even thinking about inviting them until FH asked me why I wasn't inviting this one and that one.... I just don't want people to feel obligated to come....

stephanielyse Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:16 PM

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We didn't. They wouldn't be able to come anyway, since they're all OOT, but I barely know them and even if they lived nearby they wouldn't want to come. Do you think they would like to be invited? If you think they might feel slighted if they don't get an invite, you sould probably put them on the list, but if you don't think they'll care, leave them off.

MrsWmson2be Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:17 PM

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I always enjoyed going to showers. I think they're fun :). I was invited to a girl's a few years ago and we weren't close. I went anyway, and had a fun time!

SweetCin704 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:19 PM

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I would say invite them, esp. if their hubbies are groomsmen

JanuaryBride06 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:20 PM

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I didn't put them on the list. They weren't close enough to me to be invited to something like that.

mpjr Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:22 PM

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i would say no

chellynyc Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:25 PM

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I would invite them. The groomsman must be close friends of your FH to ask them to be in the bridal party so I would invite their wives, girlfriends, etc. too.

MrsWmson2be Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:27 PM

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One groomsman's gf is my fiance's ex gf's best friend. I don't know her - I only met her once although she seemed nice to me. She doesn't like my fiance since he ended it with his ex on a bad note. So I don't think she would be invited.

jada2destiny Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:32 PM

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We invited EVERYONE! Let's face it, who doesn't want all of their registry gifts?

Preshy7 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:43 PM

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i invited 2 that i was close with- the rest no

ChrissynRicky Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:43 PM

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

FH's friends wives? I'm not close friends with these girls but we sometimes hang out in groups..... Also, the men are FH's groomsmen...

I'm in the EXACT situation, and yes, I invited them.

kam29 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:50 PM

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I invited the wives of the groomsmen and the wives/GF's of FH's friends that I have a relationship with.

I did not invite wives/GF's if we didn't have a close relationship.

MissingTheBGene Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:51 PM

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Posted by chellynyc

I would invite them. The groomsman must be close friends of your FH to ask them to be in the bridal party so I would invite their wives, girlfriends, etc. too.

I agree. I would invite them as well.

October Bliss Posted: Feb 22, 2006 04:53 PM

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I'm inviting two of the four SO of the bridal party members. One GM doesn't have a SO (just a soon to be ex-wife), and the other lives OOT and I never met her. The two that are being invited - one I play pool with two nights a week, and the other is the BM's wife. I'm not crazy about her, but there is NO WAY I would insult BM by not inviting his wife, and we do socialize in groups occasionally.

I'm not including the SO of any of FH's other friends. I don't know any of them well enough.

july06bride Posted: Feb 22, 2006 05:02 PM

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No, they are not my friends and probably not people I would know if it werent for FH...imo the shower should be people I am know well, is family or my friend