'And Guest' Etiquette

quirkybride Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:21 PM

'And Guest' Etiquette

Should I be inviting all of my single friends with a guest? I'd rather keep the numbers down with our budget, but I don't want to be rude. Thanks.

bebita0830 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:22 PM

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that was my same problem! how many single people do u have?

FutureMrsTlasek Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:26 PM

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we are only giving our single guests that option if they are dating someone...if not, then they don't get a guest. I think if you give people the option and they aren't dating anyone then they start inviting friends and such.

quirkybride Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:26 PM

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9, so that's over 1000 additional dollars to lay out. It makes a difference. And I do want to clarify, I'm not talking about people in relationships, I'm talking about completely single people.

SME418 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:35 PM

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this.

We only have single people who are in our family so they are not getting and guest.

mybabylovesmoi Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:36 PM

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I have a lot of single friends and i just gave everyone one guest. If NOBODY brings a date, I will actually be under my min

BlushandBashful Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:37 PM

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I'm inviting everyone with a guest. We actually have noticed most of our single guests are saying they are not going to bring anyone. We still felt it was nice to offer it.

FutureJOC Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:47 PM

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we invited everyone with a guest

AugustFeather Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:48 PM

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Hey love!

We are only inviting '+guest' to people who are already in a relationship. We have a handful of (mostly guy friends) we are not adding a +guest to. I am addressing invites to relationship people..

Ms. J. Smith & Mr. L. Doe

So there is not +random
Do what you can afford!

ColliMac23 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:50 PM

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Just keep in mi9nd what you do for one you do for all! Annoying I know!

FutureMRS.Benn Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:52 PM

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We invited everyone with a guest as well.

JuneBride14 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 01:54 PM

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the only friends getting a guest are ones that are engaged or near engagement. We had to cut friends that we would have liked to be there but for numbers sake were taken off the list. i didn't want to pay for someone to bring a random guest over people that my FH and i know and would have rather have there

Soon2BMrsJoeBear Posted: Mar 04, 2011 02:01 PM

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i'm inviting everyone w a guest.

One thing to think about when not inviting someone with a guest is that if they will know anyone there. If they won't know a soul, then you should invite them w a guest. Same with members of the BP. They should be allowed to bring a guest. I had a friend do this to my other friend and she still resents her for it. And then... if you're making an exception for those people, will everyone else get upset? just something to think about....

edited because i can't spell

HSsweethearts Posted: Mar 04, 2011 02:01 PM

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We decided to invite everyone with a guest, but that's because for exampel i have some friends I wanted to invite but I'm not in that great touch with so I don't know if hey have a bf/gf or not. In the end, we just said screw it and invited everyone with a guest, but if I didn't have a high minimum I'd only invite people I know are in relationships.

HeatherLynna Posted: Mar 04, 2011 02:02 PM

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We are only giving our friends a guest if they are in a relationship. I don't want randoms at our wedding. Also, we have a very large group of friends who all know each other so they will be fine.

For a few of my parents' divorced friends, we will probably give guests just so that they don't have to sit alone.

ETA- if we gave EVERYONE a guest, we would have over 300 people. We don't want that and neither do our wallets.

LBUDA Posted: Mar 04, 2011 02:03 PM

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I think anyone over the age of 21 should be entitled to bring a guest....more than likely, if they are single they wont bring anyone so I would at least give the option

evita2781 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 02:04 PM

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my friend told me proper ettiquette is everybody gets a guest. i'm sure it's a nice gesture but FH and I are paying for this. therefore, only those with significant others and extremely close single friends are getting a guest. others can go suck it. sorry..had to say it!