Bridal shower invitees

[laughwithme]

Are many of you ladies inviting some of your FI''s "extended" family to the bridal shower? I am really only having one main bridal shower, which will include friends, my family, and I would like to include quite a few people in FI''s family - both of his grandmas, several aunts, several female cousins. Is this ok/normal? I only see them around the holidays and for the occasional birthday/graduation party.

Just wanted to check in with you girls since I don''t know much about the etiquette of this, and/or if its strange to invite his family members that I don''t see on a very regular basis, but would still really like to attend. Every Christmas they talk about how they can''t wait for me to be in the family so in many ways, I feel like these are my family members already.

 

[meresal]

If you are inviting your grandmothers and aunts, then I think it is only polite and respectful of his family, to invite your FI''s as well.

That is what I did.

 

[hawaiianorangetree]

Date: 2/8/2010 9:50:13 AM
Author: meresal
If you are inviting your grandmothers and aunts, then I think it is only polite and respectful of his family, to invite your FI''s as well.

That is what I did.

me too!! i invited all the females on the wedding invite list.

 

[Prana]

I always thought that showers were supposed to include close friends and family from both sides? We are inviting FI aunts and cousins, and close family friends to the shower.

 

[stephbolt]

FI''s mother and one of his aunts are invited but I didn''t add anyone else from his family to the guest list. I did this because the shower is in Maryland, and they are all in Illinois or Florida. I knew they would be highly unlikely to travel for it, and I didn''t want anyone to feel like they had to send a gift. That being said, if they had been local, I certainly would have invited them.

 

[caribqueen]

We have a pretty substantial guestlist where most people are from out of town. We''re only inviting family that lives in the same state and surrounding areas - NY, MA. I just asked FI''s mother for who she wanted invited and she decided which aunts, friends to include from his side.