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Expert January 2009

Inviting Brother's in-laws

ben4514, on January 31, 2014 at 3:43 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4

I have two brothers, both married. We weren't planning on inviting either of their in-laws, but we are somewhat close to my one brother's brother & sister-in-law. I had initially wanted to invite them but asked my brother about it. He said under no circumstances does he want his MIL at the wedding and jokingly said he wouldn't attend. Concerned that if we invite the brother and not his mom that she would find out and be upset, we just decided to not invite any of them.

My SIL is now planning my bachelorette party and knows I won't have a lot of friends attending because they are all out of town. She asked my mom if she should invite her SIL because she knows we get along really well. Obviously we can't invite her to the pre-wedding parties without inviting her to the wedding.

Is it in poor taste to only invite the B/SIL and not the F/MIL? I know that everyone would prefer it because she's overbearing but I don't want there to be a problem.

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Latest activity by ben4514, on January 31, 2014 at 3:58 PM
  • ItsGoodToBeKing
    Master February 2014
    ItsGoodToBeKing ·
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    Invite who you like and are close to. I invited only 1 3rd cousin and we invited my FSIL's husband's parents because they're close.

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  • Jessica
    VIP July 2014
    Jessica ·
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    I agree with AMK... If you are close with the BIL, invite him. Your not obligated to invite their parents.

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  • Theresa Beale
    Master November 2014
    Theresa Beale ·
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    I don't think it would be a problem to invite your brother's brother in law/sister in law without inviting the parents. I would hope that she would understand that you have a closer relationship with the people your own age and you would only want "close" people at the wedding.

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  • B
    Expert January 2009
    ben4514 ·
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    It's more because we actually see them a fair amount, but still not enough that I feel that they really should get an invite. They were also invited to my other brother's wedding but at the time my brother and sister-in-law we're getting along with her better. She's fine in small doses but she gets a little crazy and I know my SIL likes to get a break from her. I don't know that she'll understand...... but I guess she'll just have to adjust!! Plus I assume she'll be babysitting so I guess she could always look at it that way.

    Thanks for the advice!

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