Who do you invite to the bridal shower?

ThefutureMrsCinque

My MOH asked me for a list for the bridal shower and I am not sure who to include or who to exclude.

Is it okay to exclude wives of my fiances friends that I am not friends with.

Is it okay to exclude my mom's friends?

Is it okay to not send invites to people that are out of state?

Thank you all!

zizibet

For the shower, a smallish group is best. It should be the women you are closest to. This is a gift-giving party, so feel free to not invite your mom's friends or friends of your FI that aren't close to you. Out-of-staters I'd probably skip, unless you are very close to them and think they'd like to be there. Also, check with the host to see how many people they feel comfortable having.

egm900

What Zizi said, although if the out-of-staters are close relatives, I would consider inviting them. I live out of state from the majority of my family, and I feel left out when everyone else is invited to the shower and I'm not.  I invited the other couple of out of state cousins I have to my shower at home, and since they never get invited to things like that either, they both flew in specifically for it.

melb2013

I personally don't like big showers.  I would just invite the in town people whom I was closest to.  There are no rules on who you have to invite.  The only rule is that you cannot invite people who are not invited to the wedding.