Post # 1
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Busy bee
My Sister Maid/Matron of Honor wants a guest list for the bridal shower, my questions are who do I invite? All female guests? Only female guests? Do or do I not invite guests who are in other states who would have to travel? Fiance has alot of cousins I think I am choosing to invite them simpily because his female cousin who recently got married invited me to hers. I know not to invite any one who is not invited to the wedding.
Post # 3
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1589 posts
Bumble bee
I asked the girls for an approximate number of guests they could afford, but they were kind of vague. I’m not really sure who is contributing financially and if it is just my one bff I didn’t want her to go crazy so I gave a “tiered” guest list lol. The first list was basically mothers, grandmothers and close Aunts. (12 people) They second was more extended family, then close friends, then other females they might want to invite (My sisters Mother-In-Law for example, or my mom’s neighbor who we know well). If they include EVERYONE on my small guest list, I think it’s like 35 women. I think I kept it pretty small considering my total wedding list (funded by us) is 173.
Otherwise I’d say most, if not all, women on the brides said and women who are close to the groom. For example, when Fiance was a best man, I was invited to that shower even though I’m not super close with the bride. But when I went to the wedding of a male friend from my old job, I wasn’t invited to his wife’s shower. (each of these weddings was formal).
Post # 4
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Bumble bee
Oh yeah, you shouldn’t invite anyone who isn’t invited to the wedding. I didn’t include my out of state cousins to the shower b/c we rarely see each other. I’m talking once every few years.
