Inviting parents of wedding party ?

Hell no. Sorry for the bluntness, but unless my bestie has been my bestie since conception, bc our moms/dads were besties, I'm not inviting them.

In no way does that make sense to me. At that rate, may as well invite their siblings too.

Girl, your rehearsal dinner is for you and your family and BP to wind down before the next days activities. It's not a come one, come all, dine on your dime kinda night.

Do what you will, but unless tier parents hold special spots in your life, I say no. And even then, I'd still say no, bc you can just invite them to the wedding an reception.

Don't stress yourself!

Thanks ladies. I'm pretty sure thats what I'm going to do but I didn't know what was expected.

I'm inviting my MOH whole family but that's because they're my family too because we have been so close for so long. One bridesmaid is my sister and the other I'm inviting her sister but not parents. Unless you're very close with them & plan on seeing/spending time with them after the wedding, I wouldn't

I don't think you need to invite parents just because they're the parents of your wedding party. We only included parents who we have a close relationship with, mostly because we grew up together. A few wedding party members we met as adults and I've never met their parents.

I have two MOH'S who I've been friends with since we were young so I invited one's dad, he politely declined because he's just not comfortable in large crowds. I wasn't going to invite the others mom because she was going to be watching her daughter's son because I didn't want to invite more kids then I had to. Her and my MOH pitched a fit about her (the mom) and the son not being invited, asp I sucked it up and invited them and now they aren't coming. Moral of the story, unless you are super duper close with the parents, I would leave them off the guest list.

I'm inviting my MOH's mom, because she's helping out a ton with the shower. Then one of my BM was like "Yeah my mom's probably gonna come!" Like... Oh, is she? -___-

It is the etiquette to invite parents of your bridal party, however, I don't think it's necessary. I am only inviting parents of Bridal Party members that we are actually close to and want there. I am no way inviting parents i've never met or maybe had two conversations with.

I don't think it's a rule. Two of my BM's are sisters, and I grew up close to their family, so their parents and two younger sisters were invited. For another BM, I had only met her parents in passing, so I didn't invite them.

I've invited my maid of honor's mother and sister, but that's because I have a close personal relationship with each of them. One of our groomsmen's mother is invited, but that is because she is my aunt, and one of our bridesmaids' parents are invited because they are my fiance's aunt and uncle Other than that, no one's parents are invited, even though I know my other bridesmaids' parents pretty well. I just don't know them THAT well.

I'm only inviting the parents of the bridal party that I am actually close to or know pretty well.

My one bridesmaid and I are neighbors and our parents are really close friends. My parents have gone to her sibling's weddings and it was a no brainer to invite them. While I love some of my other bridesmaid's parents dearly they will not be invited to the wedding.

We invited some of our BP's parents, but only ones that we know very well and have a relationship with.

I've heard that's typical (another etiquette thing, I suppose), but society now is such that you may have never met your closest friends parents in which case I don't think it makes sense.

One of our groomsmen is 50. We invited his wife of 25 years, not his parents :-)

Inviting MOH mother (my Aunt) and another BM' s Mom. I met her 20+ years ago in college and am fairly close to her.

We invited my MOH's parents. But that's because I've been friends with her since we were 13. I've spent tons of time with her family.

Also invited the GM's parents and sister. But again this is because my DH has known the GM and his family since the GM was born. They actually grew up across the street from each other.

I haven't even met some of my BP's parents...and if I sent them an invite they'd probably be totally confused!

We are inviting a few -

FH's BIL's parents (BIL is a GM)

MOH's mom and stepdad (but we know them)

Best man's parents (they are like a second set of parents to FH)

My MOH and BFF's parents are great and I am very close with them but I am not inviting them simply b/c there is no room LOL. They will be keeping our MOH and Best Man's daughter that day so it was just easier to not invite them . I do feel bad but there are a lot of other people that I am closer with/ are more important to me that I want there that day!

We are inviting the best man's mom and step dad because we know them and they are also the parents of a GM. Even their 4 little kids are coming. The rest of the wedding party's parents are also invited but FH is related to them.

Ironically we are inviting the parents of several of our bridal party (9 BM/9GM)...

Parents of BM known FH for 20+ years and I know them well now too (love them too!)

1 BM parents hosted our engagement party... clearly they are invited

1 BM parents are letting us use their (HUGE) house for the girls to sleep over the night before the wedding... also invited

and one other BM parents are invited because she and I have treated each other like sisters for over 9 years...

So as others have said, if you picture them there bc you want them there, by all means invite them!

Unless you have a close relationship with their parents, I wouldn't invite them