Mother of the Bride duties

My mom and dad if she needs his help are in charge of making sure only invited guests are at the dinner. She is also volunteered to make our wedding favours and help decorate.

I know everyone's mom wants to help I think it's great,. Just Remember it's your Big Day, some moms try too get away with too much, just becareful. Just saying. You and your future husband/wife should have the final say.

Oh gosh... my mom threw my bridal shower, she's been dress shopping, she got all my links to different wedding shoes, she's helping me collect everything I need for my centrepieces, and I'll be making her help me construct them, as well as put together my favours... And take everything home with her after the wedding (we are leaving straight for our honeymoon)...

I lean on my mom for everything, lol. And she's the only one I trust with anything detail oriented.

I think in my case, this would be reversed, and I may be asked by my FMIL what she should/can do... I think I'll just ask her to keep the groomsmen in line on the big day she knows most of them from her son growing up, and she can make sure they behave.

I agree with others, it depends on what you have left to do.

My mom is coordinating with my FMIL for my bridal shower. She's also in charge of being my sounding board when I need to vent about something wedding related, haha.

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I completely understand! My bridal party has not said 2 words aside from my MOH.

Even if you just include her by talking to her about what you have done and what you still have left to do. Just running things by someone may help you, and makes your mom feel included !

View quoted message The rehearsal dinner my in-laws are planning, my MIL is suppose to be planning the bridal shower with my mom and she’s not been contacting my mom. It drives me crazy, because I wanted it to be more of a surprise and it’s like I have to be a mediator.

View quoted message My bridal party isn’t doing too much other than helping me with opinions on things lol. I dunno, it seemed like at the beginning things were different and one of my MOH wanted to help out more, but our lives have just gotten busy. Also, my mom lives up north in an isolated community and so I’m not sure how to include her in the preparation and planning.

I would say that it depends on what you have left to do really. Is there anything left to go over? Perhaps she could plan the rehearsal dinner if that's not already done? Or put together your day of wedding emergency pack?

It all depends what you have other people doing. My step mom and sister are basically the only 2 that are helping me right now with wedding related stuff.
My step mom has already booked the place for the bridal shower, has ideas for bachelorette (with the help from my sister) helped with flowers, and venue choice.
Make a list of what needs to be done and divide it up between your bridal party and anyone else who wants to help

View quoted message That’s nice, I wish my mom could help out more, but she lives far away. I feel bad that his parents are making us an archway and backdrop for the wedding. My MIL wanted to throw a bridal shower and was suppose to communicate with my mom and bridesmaids and that just hasn’t been going well. My mom thought it was cancelled when we had moved it to a weekend she had to be in town, but now doesn’t. Time is also passing by so fast and I wasn’t able to take her dress shopping. Then I get the pressure from her about not having kids at our wedding. My mom was like, “well people will probably bring them.” Which my response was, “they can pay for them then.” I dunno just feeling a little bad not knowing what to put her in charge of.

My mom has been helping me with a bunch of DIY things and being the storage to all our wedding things hahah!! I wouldnt say shes DIRECTLY IN CHARGE of any one thing but shes been a super help to bits and pieces!