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Just Said Yes August 2015

Should my sister's future in-laws be invited to my wedding?

Rachel, on July 24, 2015 at 3:04 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 28

My wedding is a month away (a weekend-long destination wedding). We've been engaged for 14 months and our guest list has been set for almost a year. My younger sister got engaged last week and my mom wants to invite my sister's future in-laws to the wedding. Is that appropriate? I have met them one...

My wedding is a month away (a weekend-long destination wedding). We've been engaged for 14 months and our guest list has been set for almost a year. My younger sister got engaged last week and my mom wants to invite my sister's future in-laws to the wedding. Is that appropriate? I have met them one time and my mom met them for the first time this week. I feel that having them there will take the focus off of our wedding and celebrating our love and relationship and put some of the focus and attention on welcoming my future brother-in-law's family to ours. Shouldn't the focus of the weekend be joining my family to my fiance's family?

Is my concern rational or am I being selfish?

28 Comments

  • StitchingBride
    Master October 2014
    StitchingBride ·
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    What TwoGeeksWed said Smiley smile mom probably just doesn't realize.

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  • Uber Dami
    Master October 2015
    Uber Dami ·
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    Id say dont invite them, im not inviting my brothers wife's parents because it just seems ridiculous, theyre not my in laws after all

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  • RJmargo
    Master May 2016
    RJmargo ·
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    We are invited my brothers in laws. My parents were invited to my SILs siblings weddings though they didn't attend. We are not inviting FBILs girlfriends parents. If they were engaged it might be different though.

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  • they/them pigeon
    VIP January 2016
    they/them pigeon ·
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    I'm inclined to say you don't have to invite them, no. You've met them once, they're not even related to you yet, and they're your sister's FILs, not yours or your FH's. Your wedding is about *your* relationship, you don't have to invite other relatives' in-laws/FILs just because they're said relatives' (future) in-laws.

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  • Mrs. Coakley
    Master June 2017
    Mrs. Coakley ·
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    You are not being selfish. I wouldn't invite them. You really have no relationship with them as of right now and your wedding is a month out, I assume your invitations are already out? The only reason you would be inviting them would be because they will be your sister's family sometime in the future. If you wouldn't have otherwise invite them, I wouldn't. Good Luck!!

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  • Kaegurl
    Master June 2014
    Kaegurl ·
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    I wouldn't invite them. They aren't your family.

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  • Brittany
    Super September 2015
    Brittany ·
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    I wouldn't invite them, especially this close to a destination wedding.

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  • Jay Farrell
    Jay Farrell ·
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    No.

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