Bridal shower

I think the average bridal shower is about 15-30 guests. You can also invite couples instead of just the women. Unless something horrible has happened, I can't imagine that a group of adults can't come together politely to celebrate someone they care about for 3 hours.

My main reason for a shower is getting gifts! Sounds totally selfish but honestly that's kinda the point. Bachelorette party is really just for fun so if you don't have anyone to invite that you would have fun with I'd say skip it. It's just more money to spend anyway.

Showers and bachelorettes are completely optional. If you don't have people whom you want to celebrate with, other than people who will fight so much they will ruin the fun, then just don't have them.

If there are no potential guests, no shower or bachelorette. There is an alternative, a bridal luncheon or dinner with just a few family women you are close to, or add FMIL or his grandmother, aunts. Because no presents are involved, just a quiet dinner or lunch , home or restaurant, this has always been an option, rather than a shower. Social time, special .

Im skipping all of that because i dont have female friends as well. No harm in it. Nothing wrong with it. Youre not missing out on anything remarkable. I mean, the whole point is your wedding not how many girlfriends u have. Besides, go ahead into the relationships tab of this forum and just look at all of the added stress/ issues that the girlfriends of the brides create.

You could ask your mother to host a wedding shower opposed to a bridal shower. If that's not something you're interested in and you don't have any female friends you want to celebrate with, just skip the pre-wedding events.

We don't have alot of close friends, I would like to a joint wedding shower for family and friends we are inviting to our celebration of marriage. I think we might skip the bachelor/bachelorette parties unless we do it right before the wedding( we are doing destination beach wedding).

You could have a bridal shower with both men and women ! My friend did that and it was a blast !! To be honey the guys had a lot of fun too lol

I had 2 friends at my bridal shower and the rest family. I can’t remember but it was 20 at the most. It was plenty fun.

Showers can be co-ed.

Do what we did, skipped the bach party stuff but had a wedding shower (coed).

I'm in the same boat as OP. I'm wondering if it would be considered bad form to ask my bridesmaids/mother if they're even planning something? I don't want to come off as greedy...

I have more guy friends than girl ones. I have two brides maid and 7 groomsmen just to put a perspective. Add a little more to it I'm not from where I live now and where we are getting married so my closest family member is 2hrs away. I've expressed the desire to have a coed shower, my friend did this with her husband and it was actually a lot more fun. The games with the couples were really cute and if you play the wedding night game it's actually a lot more fun with the two of them opening the presents.

As for the bachelorette party I could care less about having my wedding party spend even more money on me and again with only 2 bridesmaids unless my friends come along I don't think I'd care. A friend of mine had hers at a club and we had drinks and dinner and it wasn't that big of a deal. Another had hers in the city and her wedding party didn't have a plan at all and it made me uncomfortable not knowing they paid for a hotel room and I could stay but I also suggested walking and avoided places with a cover charge or leaving before I got all the free times worth as I didn't have a lot of money after dinner and the drinks there.

I feel if you are ok not having yet another party why bother, otherwise try to incorporate all your friends. If they are invited to the wedding they will have to get along the day of so a bridal shower would give you that preview.