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Is it customary to invite the families of your bridesmaids and groomsmen to your wedding?

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In our wedding, we are good friends with some of our wedding party's entire family, but others, we have never even met. Are you required to invite the families of the wedding party to the wedding or not? What about the rehearsal dinner?

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  1. No- you don't have to invite the bridal party's family (parents, siblings, etc.) unless you are good friends with them also and want to invite them. You should invite their partners though. The rehearsal dinner is generally only for the bride and groom's close family members, the members of the bridal party and their partners.


  2. You always invite spouses, and if there are children invited from other families (beyond kids in the wedding party or your own kids) you really should invite all kids.  If you don't think they are close enough to invite their family then they should not have been included in that way. It is proper etiquette to include spouses or significant others and guests for single people over 18.

    Extended family is different because once you ge t out of spouses/children, some people would have a dozen people within that second tier so you are not expected to invite strangers. If you are friends with a bridesmaids mother, then she is your guest and the bridesmaids whose mother you do not know would be silly to be offended by not having you invite their mom.

  3. no not unless ur close to them I would but if u hardly know them then no. I yea I mean the ceremoney so I would not invite them to that but maybe to the reception?

  4. No.  You should only invite the people you know or are related to to your wedding.  You don't want people you don't know feeling pressured into giving you a gift or something like that if they don't even know you!

  5. You don't need to invite there families.

    But you should invite there boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives

  6. No, not unless you would have invited them anyway.

    In either case, not to the rehearsal dinner.

  7. No, it is not necessary to invite the parents of the members of the wedding party.   I was a bridesmaid in 3 weddings and my parents were only invited to one of them.  In that case, it was my best friend, and I was the MOH.  For our rehearsal dinner, we had the parents, siblings of the Bride and Groom, and the wedding party.   Sometimes people include out-of town guests.

  8. The rehearsal dinner is for your wedding party. If they have a spouse or a very significant other then you might include them in the dinner. As far as the wedding, it is good to invite the wedding party's spouse/ S.O. As far as the other family members, only who you really know  

  9. Invite only the ones you are friends with - for the wedding.  They need not be invited to the rehearsal dinner.

  10. NO requirements-it's your choice-if the wedding party members are relatives their families may be invited. Only wedding party to rehearsal dinner.

    There are some good wedding etiquette books in your local library-why don't you borrow and read some?
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