Bridal Shower - should MIL be invited?

I think so. I'm inviting my FMIL, along with my 3 FSIL and maybe an aunt or 2 on FH's side that I'm closest to.

Yes the hosts should invite your FMIL to the shower. Unless FMIL is not part of the picture and is not invited to the wedding, I think it would be pretty rude to not invite her to the shower.

Yes. Why wouldn't you?

Name and date twin lol I think u invite all females invited to wedding.

Yes, you should invite you MIL. It would be rude not to and probably hurt her feelings

Unless you're trying to alienate her before you even get married, I would invite her.

@Vanessa you don't need to invite all the females invited to the wedding, only the ones you're closest to. You just don't invite anyone NOT invited to the wedding.

Thank you for the responses. I ask this question because my FMIL never attends any family gatherings the hubby and I host including her granddaughter's birthday parties. While we know she will be at the wedding, is it even worth it to send her an invitation to the bridal shower when she's expressed ambivalence about the gathering?

Yes

Yes- you should invite your IL. You don't want to run the risk of offending.

Yes. Definitely invite her.

Yes

Absolutely she should be invited

Absolutely!!! That's your mother in law. Do you not get along with her or something?? All the showers I've been to had most of the female relatives, from both sides, and a bunch of friends in attendance.

This is likely an unpopular opinion here, but I'm very much not a fan of just inviting all females to the shower as @Vanessa suggested. I don't like the idea of showers in general, though I get it in the case of close family and friends who want to do something extra and nice for the bride. (Which is why, OP, I'd definitely invite FMIL!) However, being invited to a shower for a bride whom I've barely met and whose wedding I'm only attending because my FH knows the groom is annoying to me. I could choose to be good-spirited and see it as a chance to get to know more people before the wedding (or just reply that I'm sorry I can't make it!), but it's hard for me not to see it as an extra financial obligation I have to deal with just because I'm female.

Um, yes, you should invite her as well as any of FH's close family members

Invite. She may or may not come, but at least you invited her.

You say MIL and hubby *shudders* are you already married?

Yeah my FMIL AND FSILs are invited along with his nieces but that's about it from his side. I don't know anyone else well enough. I don't know that they'll come, but it's never been a question if they'd be invited or not.

Absolutely. She would most likely be very upset if she were excluded.

Yes, if she declines thats on her. But make the effort and invite her.