Who to invite to bridal shower

You do not have to invite every woman, just close friends and family.

Invite who you'd like, as long as they are on the wedding guest list.
You don't need to invite a woman just because she's coming to the wedding.

It's more traditional to invite all the female guests but its not a requirement - especially not if you might have more than one shower. A lot of my friends who have been getting married recently have been thrown more than one shower. Sometimes work friends might plan a separate shower at your work VS a shower planned by friends and family

Ultimately jsut send them a guest list of the people youd most like to be there - but do not include anyone not invited to the wedding.

No need to invite every woman invited to the wedding. Also, there is no need to invite women you don't know well. Invite your nearest and dearest and you'll have a great time.

I didn’t invite every woman that’s on mundo guest list. I included all female family members on my side, my FH only wanted me to include his female family members that lived relatively local and his mom wanted a couple friends included. The only “girlfriend” of a guest I invited was the girlfriend of my “bridesman”. I’m not close with the wives or girlfriends of the groomsmen or other male friends so I didn’t include them.

The guest list is at your discretion. Can you invite every single woman who is invited to the wedding? Yes. Can you choose to do a smaller, more intimate shower? Absolutely.

I just made my list and invited all my aunts (even though they are all out of town), my close friends that are local, my 2 best friends from college who are not local, and 2 cousins (out of many, but only one is local and the other I'm close with). I read it was only intimate females you're close with or are local. I didn't invite every female invited to the wedding. And if I'm friends/family with the male but don't really know the female then I didn't invite her. I won't turn down a party of gifts, but I do feel a little awkward, so I like having it smaller with people I feel comfortable with.

P.S. I'm having a mimosa and waffle bar and am SO EXCITED. My sister is planning it and telling me all the details, I'm not planning my own.

No, your shower should not be every female invited to the wedding. It should only be your close family members, your bridesmaids, and any other close girlfriends that are not in the wedding, plus close family members on your FH's side, like his mom, grandma, any sisters he might have.

You do not need to invite the wives/girlfriends of your FH's friends if you don't have your own relationship with them. If you only see them for double dates, don't invite them. If you talk/text amongst yourselves, meet up for manicures, dinners, etc... with just you girls, then do invite them. I would not invite any coworkers (or their spouses) at all, that's too close for comfort, IMO.

We invited 194 guests to the wedding, my shower invite list was 35 women. So definitely not half the guest list.

A bridal shower is not an occasion to invite every woman on the guest list. Think of it this way. If you were your co workers wife, who had met the bride once, would you want to go to her shower? Would you consider it an honor to buy her another gift? Of course not.

Showers are supposed to be intimate affairs with only your nearest and dearest. The current trend of having huge showers in catered venues is nothing but gift grabby.

We invited all the women on the wedding invite list. Many are from out of town and only some will come. We included them because we wanted to give them the option. Also, I would feel badly if they heard that there was a shower and they weren't included.