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Bridesmaids Family

My bridesmaids include my best friend from hs, who is my moh and my cousin and 2 other friends that I have gotten close to and my fiance's cousin.  I will obviously be inviting My cousin's and his cousin's family because well they are family.  But for the other three I'm not sure what to do.  One of the bridesmaid's daughter will be the flower girl so it would be like the flower girls grandparents. I don't know if I should just invite them because its proper.  I know my MOH's mom pretty well, the other two moms not so well.  I'm at a loss here.  Thanks in advance for your help!

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Re: Bridesmaids Family

  • edited January 2012
    If you don't have any relationship with her parents on your own, you don't have to invite them. However, it might be nice to do so.

    FWIW, all but one of my BMs were family, so their parents were there anyway. The third one was a longtime friend of H's, and he has known her parents for a decade, so he wanted to invite them.

    Edited for clarity.
  • You have to invite the bridesmaid's own family (i.e. any kids and husband) but not her siblings or parents.
  • I agree that you're not on the hook to invite your BM's siblings or parents if you're not close with them. I've known one of my BMs since high school, but didn't invite her parents or sister because I wasn't close with them. However, we did invite a couple of our GM's parents because H WAS close with them.

    As long as you allow all of your BMs a guest and invite their children if you're having children at your wedding, then you're fine.
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bridesmaids-family?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:1b0ab164-ded0-4dcb-847a-ddfd39038880Post:0da36da6-4f52-4c7d-9f7f-30326cf01104">Re: Bridesmaids Family</a>:
    [QUOTE]You have to invite the bridesmaid's own family (i.e. any kids and husband) but not her siblings or parents.
    Posted by sister2groom[/QUOTE]

    She is not required to invite her bridesmaids' children, unless they are actually in the wedding or under the age of 1 and still breastfeeding.
  • I only invited my MOH's parents.  I know them very well.  I'm not inviting the parents of my other 3 BMs since I don't really know them. 
  • If you are not close with their families (parents) then I don't think you need to invite them.  3 of my bridesmaids are family members (sister and 2 cousins) so clearly I'm inviting them.  1 is a very close friend from HS and I know her mom well (and she is local) so I am inviting her.  The other 2 are college friends and while I was close with their families for a time, we have sort of lost touch.  I would like to invite them, but I would like to invite everyone and there needs to be some cutoff.
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  • I just decided to invite them all.  Now his side is his own choice. His BM is his brother and another one his parents would be invited anyway, one is my brother, the other 2 are up to him i dont know either one of their parents.
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  • Only invite those who you have a relationship with.  If you don't know them really, there is no need to invite them just because they are the parents of someone in your party.
  • You don't need to invite them.  I'm not inviting my MOH's parents because I don't know them that well.  Honestly, I think they would be very surprised if they were invited, and I doubt they would attend. 

    My other bridesmaids are my sister and my fiance's sisters, so obviously their parents will be invited. *lol*
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