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tcoates15
Just Said Yes July 2025

When do you share the guest list with your parents?

tcoates15, on September 29, 2019 at 10:27 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 27

Hey all! We just locked in our official guest list. Is it common courtesy to share the final guest list with your parents? We've already reached out to them and asked for their input during this process, but we'd like to keep it down to a certain number of people.
Hey all! We just locked in our official guest list. Is it common courtesy to share the final guest list with your parents? We've already reached out to them and asked for their input during this process, but we'd like to keep it down to a certain number of people.

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  • J
    Master 0000
    Judith ·
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    Did you allow at least a couple of seats for each set of parents, for their closest friends? If you did, then you can say no to all additional people. If you didn't, then show them the list with 2 to 4 open spaces for your parents to fill, and 2-4 for his. Whatever you would compromise on. Unless a tiny under 20 type wedding.
    You really need to show them the list. So they do not just assume all kinds of other people are on the list, and talk to them as though they are invited. Or, in case family, or friends, want a surprise type shower. ( 2 day notice to you if you are lucky!) Aunts or your friends may ask MOB or MOG who to invite. You do not want 10 people not invited, along with 10 who are at a shower. So giving them the final, no changes except for mistakes, guest list could save you from trouble down the line .
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  • Violet
    Savvy March 2021
    Violet ·
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    I'll have my mom and FMIL look over the list just to make sure there is not family that we may have missed. We both have large families and both of our families are paying for the wedding/reception, so I feel it's curiosity.

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  • Mrs. Bubba
    VIP September 2019
    Mrs. Bubba ·
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    Okay, DH’s Mom provided a few names that she wanted to invite.
    My 92 yo Granny had a few names, but once she reached 10, I told her that was all that she got.

    I invited my Mom’s co-workers, 1st Cousins, and friends that I thought that she might have wanted to be there if she could’ve provided input.
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  • Mrs. Bubba
    VIP September 2019
    Mrs. Bubba ·
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    Oh, the Paternal Unit, nor his relatives were invited. I did invite my 1/2 Sisters. They still hadn’t responded as of yesterday. My Wedding was 9/21.

    😒
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  • K
    Just Said Yes November 2020
    Katy ·
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    You don't have to add to your list, but sharing it will help your parents avoid awkward conversations with their friends if you've decided some of their friends won't be included.
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  • Veronica
    Just Said Yes May 2022
    Veronica ·
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    My FH and I are keeping our wedding pretty small so we probably won't be checking with either side, maybe only asking about specific family members and family friends to make sure there's no drama on the big day.
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  • Renee
    Super October 2020
    Renee ·
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    My mom and his parents have had nothing to do with our wedding and I doubt they would care who we invite. So far the only thing his parents have done was give us a list of a couple relatives that my fiancé might've overlooked. We had asked for that though and we'll still have the final say on if we invite them

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