Wedding Etiquette Forum

Do I have to invite the families of my bridal party?

Like their parents and siblings if they live with them still? Just wondering is all.

Re: Do I have to invite the families of my bridal party?

  • Well the ring bearers family is obviously invited. lol I don't want to babysit on my wedding day haha. But I was mainly meaning bridesmaids and groomsmen. Most of them still live with parents since they're in college. I just wasnt sure. I don't want any unnecessary drama.
  • Not necessary to invite their families, especially if you don't know them well.
  • Not unless you know them well and would be inviting them even if it weren't for the bridal party. 


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  • No, you should let them have a plus one, but you aren't required to let them have a plus 50

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  • Invite parents/siblings of the bridal party only if you know them and would otherwise want to include them.
  • Nope. We invited the families (parents and siblings) of some WP memebers that were childhood friends since we were close with them. We invites the parents of WP members that were college friends if we knew them well. We had two WP members whose parents we had never met or had only briefly met, so they were not invited.
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    VERY good etiquette (budget/venue space allowing) to let wedding party members bring a date, but not required (generally, if you're letting some wedding party members bring significant others, it's rude to then not offer +1s to the single wedding party members).

    However, these days, it's rare to invite the wedding party member's families (e.g. parents and siblings) unless you're already close to their families.
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  • Not unless you're close to them and really want them to come.  But if your wedding party members are minors, their parents' permission to participate will be necessary, and they'll need transportation to and from the wedding if their parents aren't invited.
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