Question about destination wedding and bridal shower
OK my situation is I am having a destination wedding with only my immediate family present. We are then going to have a reception at a later date with our families and friends. I have far too many cousins to invite them all (I am not close to any of them either mainly because of a very large age gap) so I decided to only invite aunts and uncles on my side. So anyways, my sisters are throwing me a bridal shower and inviting the aunts that will be attending my reception. Now I just found out from my mom that they want to invite the cousins too. I told her this would NOT be proper etiquette since they arent invited to the reception. She said my sisters think it would be rude since the cousins were invited to all of their showers in the past.
Who is right here?
Also just to clarify, I know that technically if the aunts arent invited to the wedding then they shouldnt come to the shower but my mother told me the aunts are "expecting" to be invited to the shower regardless of this etiquette rule. Just so you know the situation. Its not me being greedy at all. If I had it my way, I would not have any gift-giving events. Its very akward for me. Its my family who is insisting on all of this.
thoughts?
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Only wedding guests should be invited to the shower and only those close to the bride and groom. This is not a mini-reception so not all women from the wedding guest list need to be invited. Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
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