I have 21 first cousins and about 7 live nearby. D hasn’t really interacted with any of them as an adult (we moved here recently) and doesn’t want to add that many people to an already bloated list. BUT, she does know pretty well the daughter and two granddaughters of one of those cousins so they are invited, as well as their SOs, but not their mother! It’s making me crazy but there seems to be no good place to draw the line.
Just returned from our rehearsal dinner. It was fantastic. Loved everyone – from “our side,” as well as “their” side.
More in a few days.
And I bet you looked smashing in your dress!
Actually, @doschicos, I did!!!
This thread is terrifying 
College I pay for Weddings I don’t!
Small gift sum and they can figure the rest out or save $$$. I can’t justify 10k let alone 50k people spend on 1 day events. Different strokes for different folks!
Good luck, VH!
I am attending a wedding tonight. Will take visual notes 
No. The venue where the wedding was held did not provide a day-of-wedding coordinator. We specifically asked about that while touring the venue, and the person who was taking us around said that they did not provide this service and strongly recommended that we either hire someone or ask a well-organized family member to serve in that role.
If the venue had provided its own coordinator, we probably would not have hired one.
Our venue has a coordinator who will be with us all day. Ours is the only event at this venue…only one per day. She has been terrific so far…and helpful.
She has done Day of wedding coordination before. Ours shouldn’t be particularly complicated…as everything is at the same venue…
The on site coordinator will know when folks need to move from ceremony to cocktail hour to reception, to dessert, etc.
I’m not worried.
I need some help please! FDIL’s mom finally chose a dress and she’ll be wearing sparkly navy (https://m.macys.com/shop/product/connected-sequined-lace-column-gown?ID=4597424&CategoryID=5449&Color_normal=Blue). The bridesmaids will wear sapphire blue.
Does that mean as MOG my only color option is grey? I feel like I can’t choose a color or I will stand out too much. I look like death in grey. I’m 5’3/116# with a very long torso/short legs. I never wear dresses much less evening gowns.
Any suggestions for color/styles/stores would be greatly appreciated!
Edited to add: what about something in a very dark color like this one (http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_long-embroidered-cap-sleeve-gown-es858db_mother-of-the-bride-dresses)?
Wear what you like, although I’d probably stay away from very bright or bold colors. A rose pink or a green would be fine.
@AllThisIsNewToMe How about another shade of blue like a light blue or periwinkle? Something lighter in the blue/purple spectrum? Can’t blame you for not wanting to wear gray.
I feel like I shouldn’t be in a brighter shade or I will stand out in photos. I was first thinking dark green but now I’m leaning towards a deep purple but just spent an hour looking online and 75% of the dresses I liked are only available in navy :-(. The bride is no help: “Wear whatever you like!”.
I went to the shower in bride’s hometown today–460 miles round trip. I rode with my ex husband’s wife. We had great conversation in the car, and I enjoyed meeting the rest of the bride’s family and her friends. I had a good time. Thanks for encouraging me to go.
All this… how about this shade of blue color?
https://www.dillards.com/p/alex-evenings-sequined-lace-rosette-rose-gown/504913852
Or even the two purple shades in @BunsenBurner’s link would work IMO.
@AllThisIsNewToMe I had to Like your post because that dress you linked is gorgeous. Just wow.
And yes, BB’s link. No idea where the idea of grey comes from. You could wear a print that includes the blues, subtle enough to somewhat follow the blue theme. Or the purples. Or even browns, if you like those.
Sure, you could even wear a blue similar to hers. The colors online may not photo the same, in real life. But the MOB won’t be in all your photos.
Totally coincidentally, my mother, grandmother, and MIL wore the same shade of a pretty, dusty rose. They got a kick out of it. Entirely different styles, they hadn’t coordinated. A pic of the three is still among my favs.
S & DIL chose deep blue (not navy) and silver. I wore a blue that was close, but completely different style, and MOB wore deep purple. MOB bought two dresses (couldn’t decide) and then changed into a blue dress for the reception. We got our dresses at the same time, an ocean away from each other. I didn’t even think of purple at the time, but it totally worked. DIL didn’t care what we picked.
Both mothers wore navy at my DD’s wedding.
BB- the dress you linked is thumper’s dress.
The “wisteria” color would look good with the blue that MOB’s dress.