Corsages and boutonnieres...

I'd just skip it. As long as you don't give some to one set of grandparents and not others people probably won't care.

I'd skip it. I feel like your moms would (or should be) understanding that you didn't want to exclude anyone, but that the cost was just getting to be too high. Can you talk with them about this and feel out the situation?

Got married 2 weeks ago. My hubby has both parents remarried, my parents are both remarried, my mother is on her 3rd hubby, but the man I consider my father (her 2nd husband) passed years ago. My mother got married a year ago at 70+ and did not invite me or my fiancee to her wedding (small affair, no one but officiant and her "best friends"). So, we opted to buy a corsage and boutonniere for each of our biological parents and not any of the step parents. (estrangement, distance, etc contributed, but budgeting did too). My mother had the gall to make a stink that her new hubby didn't get a boutonniere (I've literally had about 4 conversations with the man and wasn't invited or even told about the wedding until 2 weeks later), however, the other steps did not (my father's wife has been my step mom since I was 4 years old - they did not have issue). So, my point, you can't make everyone happy, make your self happy, work with your budget, etc. I'm almost 50, no contributions from any of them, and no offers of in kind assistance or input beforehand first. I feel like, if they are involved or close, it might be harder to set limits. But, truly, you cannot please everyone! I had my son walk me down the aisle, so he had a boutonniere also.. I feel like the corsage and boutonniere are meant to signify that really close person/people. When everyone gets one, it is less significant for the close people.

You can skip it if you want. That's what we are doing. My parents are both gone, so that makes it easier for us. I got enough boutonnieres and bouquets for the bridal party, including myself and my groom and it made our flowers so much cheaper.