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oakslady Posted:

need your opinion

ok i talked to one of my oldest friends today about whether or not she is comming to the wedding mind you this is for 5 people ( her, her husband and the 3 kids) well she so very casually tells me well i have other addresses for you too - my boss wants to come and one of my coworkers so i will give you their addresses so you can send them invites.
i was blown away!
how the h*ll do you invite other people to someone else's wedding ????
she never even asked me if she could - she just presumed it was fine to add 6 more people on besides her family. i am like totally floored - i tell her i cant invite other people i dont even know !!!! i am thinking about cutting family to keep the costs down ( it seems alot more people will actually come than i thought - like my 12 cousins from california didnt even count them in my possibles till i got a call from them saying they saved the date and will be here !)
so i tell her how am i going to tell family that they cant come but i have space for 6 people i dont know? then i ask her if they planned on covering these folks plates at the wedding - she was like what does that mean ? ( you have to be kidding right who doesnt know what that means?) and i quite politely tell her that that means paying for what it would cost me to add these extra 6 people i dont know to the guest list - and she is like ohhh and how much would that be ??? like over $400.00
and she is like - oh ... no.
i am totally wanting to strangle her what the hell ???? so she then tells me her new boss is also a wedding planner and she wants to come to like steal all my ideas you have got to be kidding me!!!!!!
i am trying to find a polite way to tell her not to invite people to MY wedding, but so far all i want to do is yell at her.
the top of the cake is she tells me to call her tonight ( she rushed off the phone after this bombshell cause she was at work ) so i figured we would talk about it tonight well when i cal she rushes off the phone to catch american idol tells me to call back at 9 and then doesnt answer the phone!!!!!!
what can someone be thinking to invite other people to someone else's wedding?
insite please gals i am about to loose my mind here.
HELP
Jax430 Posted:

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WOW! That is one of the most ridiculous, nervy things I have ever heard!! (There's a great Yiddish word to describe it - CHUTZPAH!!) I don't think you should really worry about being polite at this point. You have to tell her flat-out, point-blank, that in no uncertain terms will these people be invited to YOUR wedding. You will not be sending them an invitation, period...end of story! I realize this is one of your oldest friends, but she sounds completely clueless about the appropriateness of the situation. Tell her all the invitations have been sent out, and you have invited everyone that you plan on inviting. I am just shocked at what nerve she has!!!

oakslady Posted:

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ok i wrote her an email telling her not to invite strange people to my wedding and that i just have to know what the h*ll she was thinking - hopefully she will bother to write back - geesh - i just am besides myself - i would never ever even think of doing something like that !!!!!!!!!!!
wenndypoo Posted:

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I posted on BHB.

Unbelieveable.....
Jen_n_Dale Posted:

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I wouldn't even invite her now. Her stupidity!
RedHead Posted:

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that is the unreal. I think she has a lot of nerve assuming she can invite strangers like that...Iwould have been straight with that and said NO WAY!

tourist Posted:

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besides being rude, thats' jsut weord.
I'm sure you are a lovely person & have planned a lovely wedding, but why would these peopel want to go to your wedding when they don't even know you?
I can sorta see about the wedding planner, but that's rude!

I think you handled the situation perfectly & in the end, she can tell whoever she wants, but she looks like the A** b/c you won't be sending these fold an invite.


btrflygrl Posted:

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I'd flat out ask her WHY she's inviting HER boss to YOUR wedding. 'Umm..Excuse me, but I don't see as to why YOUR boss needs to come to my wedding'

Tina & Devin Posted:

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Don't even worry about it. I'm sure the people she is inviting think it's ridiculous just like the rest of us do. Don't send the invites, and stop trying to be so polite. It's your wedding, and tell her that at $ so much a plate she should understand that it was hard to justify the cost to even invite the kids. She might sing a different tune then, possibly even re-think the size of your envelope.

Friends don't add stress. Remember you are in control. It's your day!!!!!!
Maribelle7777 Posted:

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Posted by oakslady

ok i wrote her an email telling her not to invite strange people to my wedding and that i just have to know what the h*ll she was thinking - hopefully she will bother to write back - geesh - i just am besides myself - i would never ever even think of doing something like that !!!!!!!!!!!



Did she write you back?

The only thing I can think of is that maybe the boss was saying how nice your wedding will be and she thought maybe he was looking for an invitation?

Still, was kinda odd for her to tell you she wanted them to be invited.

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