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Lesley
Super September 2017 Manitoba

Bridal shower - who to invite

Lesley, on April 29, 2017 at 12:25 Posted in Before the wedding 0 3
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Hi all,
I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable about this. I have no family besides my parents in my home town. My FH has a large extended family here. I have not met any of them besides his parents and his sister (I only met her once).
My friends have offered to host a bridal shower and that's awesome. I feel uncomfortable asking them to host my FH's family when I don't even know them. I'm ok with not having shower presents from his side but I also don't want to offend his mother by not having his family.
Has anyone dealt with this? I was thinking I could still invite his mom and sister to my friend shower. Honestly though, I would prefer to have a girlfriend's shower because the tone would be so different.
I'm open to suggestions!

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Latest activity by Hannah, on April 30, 2017 at 13:00
  • Hannah
    Frequent user March 2019 Nova Scotia
    Hannah ·
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    I think it is okay to have one shower with only the people you know personally, unless you decide to have a couples shower; his extended family doesn't have to be involved. I would personally still invite his mom and sister. Maybe ask to have your girlfriends stay longer than the actual shower and have some time with them after the fact.
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  • Chelsea
    Master August 2017 Ontario
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    I would suggest having 2 showers. My cousin offered to throw me a shower but because I have divorced parents and they are both re-married, my family is extremely large and then I still have my fiance's family.. So my cousin is throwing me one for all my family and then my bridesmaids are throwing me a shower which will have my friends and my fiance's side of the family. You could even bring it up to your fiance to bring up with your sister and his mom, that they could throw you a shower for his family!

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  • Lisa
    VIP May 2018 Ontario
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    That's a tough one! Can you have 2 showers? We had to do that for my sister in law because are family was so large , but her family did a seperate one for their immediate family , just because they preferred too. So at the end of the day, do whatever you want! Has anyone in his family mentioned hosting a shower for you at all?
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