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Michelle
Beginner November 2022

How do i acknowledge family who have helped pay for the wedding?

Michelle, on September 14, 2022 at 3:12 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 1 7
Backstory: my FH and I are getting married in November 2022. At first I figured my parents would help with little things like flowers or my dress. I’m the oldest daughter getting married. My FH is the baby and his older brother is married already. My future MIL also offered to help with some things as well. We got engaged in December 2021.
Starting in June we started to get a move on with planning and getting pricing for different venues and thinking about the bridal shower. I don’t really have any close friends so I was intending to plan my own bridal shower with my mom and my sister. Well my sister turned 18 and up and left. So it was just me and mom, or so I thought. My FH family really helped step up and help myself and my mom. They’re planning the bridal shower and paying for everything. His aunt is a party planner so she is doing the decorations for this and the reception. My future SIL was super excited to help. She said she’d been waiting, but I just hadn’t asked bc I didn’t want to bother her.
Then my grandma comes forward and offers to help pay for the venue..then she tells my aunts that I don’t want to ask for any “sponsors” (which I’ve never heard of). Now I have my aunts calling and saying they want to help pay for things as well. I’m so overjoyed and thankful for them. I’m already thinking of ideas for their thank you gifts but I want a way to thank them publicly. I was thinking of doing a speech but I was wondering if anyone could help come up with any other ideas. Thank you! 😊tenor.gif

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Latest activity by Michelle, on September 14, 2022 at 2:27 PM
  • T
    Dedicated July 2017
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    My husband included everybody who helped us (either with time/effort or financially) in his speech.

    We have also ordered personalised thank you cards (with a group photo from our wedding) which we will individually hand write to all our guests to thank them for coming/their wedding presents.

    For people who helped us financially etc we will thank them at length in these cards too!

    We thought about buying them a gift but ultimately decided that they wouldn't have wanted us to spend money (that they effectively gave us!) on buying them a gift 'back'.

    I think the best way for us to thank them beyond the speech/card is to ensure that we make the effort to visit them/invite them round in the next few months

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  • Paige
    VIP October 2022
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    I think inviting everyone out to a thank-you dinner (either all together or separately) afterwards would be a nice gesture. Even just mentioning them in a thank you speech at the reception would be nice. I agree that saying something in thank you cards is also a great idea.

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  • Michelle
    Beginner November 2022
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    Thank you! That definitely helps with ideas. Did you thank each person separately for contribution/financial support or just the group as a whole?
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  • Michelle
    Beginner November 2022
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    Oh I didn’t think of that! That’s a great idea thank you.
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  • T
    Dedicated July 2017
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    My husband said words to the effect of 'We'd like to extend our thanks to everybody who helped us make today possible, with special thanks to X, X and X'

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  • Bird
    Super June 2021
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    I would write heartfelt thank you cards and give small gifts as a token of appreciation. I would give the cards and gifts out at the ceremony rehearsal.
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  • Michelle
    Beginner November 2022
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    Since it’s such a small wedding we aren’t having a rehearsal dinner.
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