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Just Said Yes April 2018

Keep the family portrait FAMILY only

Michele , on October 17, 2017 at 4:56 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 21

Greetings forum chicks! FH and I are looking forward to having formal family portraits taken at our wedding of all of 4 sides of our families. We are probably going to include a note in the invitation for those select individuals to stay back at the church following the ceremony so we don't have to...

Greetings forum chicks! FH and I are looking forward to having formal family portraits taken at our wedding of all of 4 sides of our families. We are probably going to include a note in the invitation for those select individuals to stay back at the church following the ceremony so we don't have to track people down.

My concern is that while I do have some cousins with serious relationships (which I do consider these people family), several of our cousins are 'serial daters' and we can't be sure who they'll bring to our wedding. We'd really like our portraits to include those family members who are most likely to still be IN our family in the future. (I realize that being married does not guarantee this.)

How can I approach this without being rude but still eliminating someones flavor of the month?

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  • Hannah
    Super August 2017
    Hannah ·
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    Don’t worry about hurting anyone’s feelings. If I went to a wedding with a new boyfriend I would feel terribly awkward being in their family photos. Your photographer should also kinda direct people too, so it won’t be you saying “ok now you, go away. I don’t want you in these pictures.” Lol.

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