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froggy994froggy994
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Do you invite the parents of the wedding party? We have 10 people standing up with us. 2 are my sisters, 1 is his sister, so obviously their parents will be there. We are planning on inviting the parents of my two bridesmaids because I grew up with those girls and know the parents. We were also planning on inviting the parents of my sisters boyfriend who is also a groomsmen because we know his parents. We don't know the parents of the other 3 groomsmen. So, what do you think? Invite or no?Thanks in advance!Amy :)
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  • banana468banana468 member
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    You definitely don't need to invite them. Invite guests based on your desire to see them at your wedding and to celebrate with them. For what it's worth I only invited one BM's parents to my wedding.
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  • trix1223trix1223 member
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    No.  My children have been in several weddings.  I have never been invited to any of them, nor would I expect to be.
    "Trix, it's what they/our parents wanted. Why so judgemental? And why is your wedding date over a year and a half ago? And why do you not have a groom's name? And why have you posted over 12,000 posts? And why do you always say mean things to brides?" palegirl146
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  • BeenthereDonethat04BeenthereDonethat04 member
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    We did only if we knew the parents.  We only had one parent not invited and our bm didn't expect him (her dad) to be, we hardly knew him.  The rest of our wedding party was siblings and close friends we grew up with so we knew their parents for quite a while.
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  • bablingbrookebablingbrooke member
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    I would invite the parents you know and are close to. I don't think the GM will be upset that their parents aren't invited. The parents would find it weird and maybe even as an invite for a gift (people can be cynical like that).
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  • Leah&Christian09Leah&Christian09 member
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    We didn't invite any of our WP parents (except obviously our siblings).  I know all of their parents, but I don't have a relationship with any of them except to make polite conversaton at random meetings.  If you are close, invite them, but there's no reason to invite them just because they are parents of WP.
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  • mbcdefgmbcdefg member
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    We're inviting them, but (aside from my siblings) the attendants are our longtime friends and their parents were always very kind to us when we spent time at their houses. My mom said it's proper etiquette to invite the BP members' parents, but if we weren't friendly with them then I wouldn't have.
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  • ffmaidffmaid
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    Parents of kid WP need to be invited but parents of adult WP shoudl not be unless you are close with them on their own. I've been a MOH or BM over 13 times only in my sisters weddings were my parents invited. 
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  • froggy994froggy994
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    Perfect! Thanks so much!
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