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Elizabeth
Beginner September 2018

Two separate bridal showers and two bachelorette party :/ and a little rant

Elizabeth, on July 21, 2018 at 12:24 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 8
Sooo.... I have 6 bridalmaids, two of them are my soon to be sisters in law. My maid of honor was the first one to plan my bridal shower and has sent out evites to some of my guests late of May I believe. From my in laws, none of them has responded to them yet (though my in law family don't do RSVP, but my mother in law said she would be coming but there's a second part to this comment/story). Like a month ago my soon to be sister in law said they wanted to throw me a separate shower so that they can invite their aunts and cousins (The shower that my maid of honor is throwing me, I only invited my side of the family and my soon to be in laws only because it will be taking place in my yard, so I'm limited to space.) I was a little hesitant about it but said okay. What I don't want to happen is tension between my bridesmaid before 1) they even meet each other 2) before the wedding. One of my bridesmaids was supposed to be in charge of my Bachelorette party but didn't have a way of contacting all of the girls and when I told her about the one my in laws are throwing she got upset because no invite was sent to the rest of the bridesmaids and doesn't believe it should be called a "bachelorette party" if the remaining 4 bridesmaid aren't present; that it's more of gathering if anything she says. I feel guilty because I could of started a group chat since the beginning to possibly avoided this situation. Sorry for the long message but I'm just stuck on what to do and also because I'm still someone who needs to work on speaking up for themselves. The bridesmaid that was upset about this reminded me that it's my day. Also for the comment my mother in law said, not sure which of my sister in laws said this but it was said that one of the sisters didn't understand why my mother in law would still go to my first bridal shower if they were going to be throwing me one. My mother in law said she was going because she was already invited and to be respectful. Okay done ranting, again for the long text I just really need to le this out 😔😣☹️

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Latest activity by Elizabeth, on July 21, 2018 at 8:54 AM
  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    Did your SIL's offer to throw you a shower or a bachelorette or both? I think it's great that they want to throw a shower for FH's family since they weren't invited to the original. I would be very flattered.

    You didn't mention anything about them offering to throw you a bachelorette, but said that you told your BM about them throwing you one so I'm confused. The BM that originally wanted to throw the bachelorette should have gotten with you for contact information for the other BM's if she wanted them to attend. If your SIL's knew that your BM was throwing a bachelorette and didn't invite them, it is again, very courteous for them to throw you an entirely separate party.

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  • Elizabeth
    Beginner September 2018
    Elizabeth ·
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    So my SIL offered to do both the shower and Bachelorette party(being arranged by one of thee SIL, I will have 3 SILin total) , while my MOH offered to do my bridal shower (she has a cute 3 month old so she won't attend the Bachelorette party) and other BM wanted to do the Bachelorette party (side note: MOH and BM are friends).
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  • E&M
    Master July 2016
    E&M ·
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    Did the SIL not ask you for a guestlist for the bachelorette that she's throwing?
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  • A
    Dedicated September 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    Its completely normal to have two showers and have your inlaws throw it. But for the bachlorette party the bridesmaids should all be included and not separate. Can you ask your sister in law to reach out to your friend and they can coordinate something together?
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  • Elizabeth
    Beginner September 2018
    Elizabeth ·
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    So my SIL did not mention anything about inviting the other bridesmaids but I will see if I can discuss that with her. For my BM, she asked last night for the my SIL numbers and the rest of the BM numbers as well.
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  • Elizabeth
    Beginner September 2018
    Elizabeth ·
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    Also thank you guys for taking the time to read and make suggestions! Means a lot! Smiley smile
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  • BohoRN2017
    Expert November 2017
    BohoRN2017 ·
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    Well if your in laws family weren't invited to shower one but your family was it's perfectly normal they would want to host something for their side. Immediate family usually attends both showers so I think your mother in law in doing the correct thing by attending both showers.

    The bachelorette party I am confused. Did no one ask you for a guest list or approach you before they started planning. I would maybe push back and see if you can just have one with everyone included.

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  • Elizabeth
    Beginner September 2018
    Elizabeth ·
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    So for shower one that my maid of honor is throwing, in laws were included on the guest list and sent out evites. I'm going to see if I can talk to my in laws tomorrow about more information about the Bachelorette party and who they sent it to because they did say that they created the invite and possibly already sent them out. Though I never asked which members of their family they were inviting because there's too many members to count 😯
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