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Shower Guest List Etiquette

Is it against etiquette to leave the best man's wife off the shower guest list? Without going into too much detail, this lady is a wench. She has treated me and my child (yep, my 4 yr old) terribly in the past. She is most certainly not a close friend or a relative. She is complaining that she wasn't invited to her hubby (the BM) and everyone else. But, honestly, every other thing she's ever been invited too she has declined or just not bothered to RSVP at all. All that put together, the only reason she possibly could have wanted an invite was for appearances. I wasn't about to have my sister waste postage on this chick for an invite she would likely decline.

Was I in the wrong?

Re: Shower Guest List Etiquette

  • Past behavior is ample reason to leave a person off a guest list, even though Etiquette may suggest they be included.

    Let her complain all she likes. I'd like to bet that most people know she's a jerk and those complaints will fall on deaf ears.

    Bottom line: Her behavior to you did not follow Etiquette if she treated you terribly. Thus, you are not bound by Etiquette to consider her feelings when making up a shower guest list.
  • There's no reason whatsoever why the spouse of a male wedding party member should be included in the bridal shower.

     

    You must invite her to the wedding though.

  • Oh, she is of course invited to the wedding. I'm not that snarky. Lol.
  • If you're not friends with her, no, I would not invite her to the shower. 


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  • NYCBruinNYCBruin member
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    edited July 2013
    Honestly if I was invited to a shower for a wedding that FI was in and I was not friends/friendly with the bride, I would be a little confused and might think it was a gift grab.  

    Anyways, no you were not in the wrong.  It's absolutely fine to not invite someone you're not friends with.


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  • Absolutely fine. I get irritated when I get invited to a shower for someone I'm not close with. 
  • You're fine here. If she's so awful to you, I wonder why she complained about not being invited?
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