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To be feeling a bit miffed that I've been uninvited?

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mentalloader · 22/02/2025 08:14

Not sure if I'm being overly sensitive so just wanted opinions on this.

Quick backstory:
OH got a new boss around 18 months ago. Long story short they've become very close both in a working relationship but also a personal one too. Boss lives around 3hrs away which near where their head office is - OH is in a role that is home based but with travel to various locations when needed (usually around 2 weeks a month) but when they're travelling or OH has to go the head office they obviously meet up for work but also socialise etc. OH has met his fiancée a few times and is going to stay with them at their house in a few months when boss has his stag do. I hear about this man quite a lot 😂

Boss is getting married this summer. While the official invites haven't been sent out yet, I'd been told we were both invited to the evening do. Great! I finally get to meet the man I hear so much about. We were planning on making a little weekend away of it as we very rarely do anything together. OH announced yesterday that he's now got an invite to the day do but that means I'm ditched and no longer invited to any of it.
OH is thrilled he's been honoured with an invite to the day event but I feel a bit upset that the weekend we had planned is now scrapped and I've been 'uninvited'

I totally understand weddings can be a nightmare to plan and that I don't know these people so they don't owe me anything. I just feel a bit sad. AIBU?

OP posts:
Tulipsandaffodils · 22/02/2025 11:17

Trunksarebetter · 22/02/2025 11:02

Honestly, some of the responses on this thread are deranged. OP’s husband is thrilled to get a day invitation - therefore he must also be thrilled that the OP doesn’t get one. OP’s husband is weird to even want to go. OP’s husband must be secretly gay and in love with his boss. OP’s boss and fiancée are secretly trying to break up OP’s marriage so they can set him up with someone else. It’s ridiculous! If these were storylines in an ITV drama, you’d switch it off because it’s too far-fetched!

OP - your update makes you sound way more sensible and rational than a lot of the posters on this thread. Stay on that path and don’t be influenced by some of the frankly unhinged comments here.

Agree. Some batshit stuff on here.😂

Trunksarebetter · 22/02/2025 11:05

rainbowstardrops · 22/02/2025 10:24

If you were both potentially going to be invited to the evening do then it's a bit odd that just because the boss is now paying out for an additional day guest (so maybe a sit down meal etc) why that would affect the evening do. Was that just going to be a disco and buffet type thing? If so, it makes no difference to the boss surely?
It does sound a little bit odd.

You’re assuming OP’s husband is the only additional day guest. There could be 10 or 20 of them.

It’s perfectly feasible that the bride and groom have been looking at the list, decided to invite more people to the full day and, as a result, are only inviting an extra 50 people (for example) on the night instead of 75 or 100 in order to make the budget work.

Trunksarebetter · 22/02/2025 11:02

Honestly, some of the responses on this thread are deranged. OP’s husband is thrilled to get a day invitation - therefore he must also be thrilled that the OP doesn’t get one. OP’s husband is weird to even want to go. OP’s husband must be secretly gay and in love with his boss. OP’s boss and fiancée are secretly trying to break up OP’s marriage so they can set him up with someone else. It’s ridiculous! If these were storylines in an ITV drama, you’d switch it off because it’s too far-fetched!

OP - your update makes you sound way more sensible and rational than a lot of the posters on this thread. Stay on that path and don’t be influenced by some of the frankly unhinged comments here.

ButIToldYouSoooo · 22/02/2025 10:45

I honestly don't think much of your husband, OP.

Nothing wrong with going to a work colleague's wedding alone, it's not uncommon, but this whole situation sounds a bit ridiculous. Only one from office going, so a 'friend' who expected his wife would be included with him. Weird and unsettling, tbh

whatonearthisgoingonnow · 22/02/2025 10:42

I can't imagine getting upset about being uninvited to someone's boss's wedding.

Better to plan your own weekend on your own terms.

pictoosh · 22/02/2025 10:39

Good for you OP. The couple getting married decide the who, what, where of the wedding and there's little to be said about that. The plan has changed and your dh isn't in a position to query it.

Arrange another weekend away, yes. Be something to plan and look forward to.

BobbyBiscuits · 22/02/2025 10:39

I don't think you were invited in the first place. Your husband shouldn't have assumed. They don't know you, but I guess you were hoping to be his plus one. If I were you I'd go away to a mates house or with friends somewhere else that weekend.

Cctviswatchingme001 · 22/02/2025 10:39

Doesn't add up. Staying at his boss house is weird, same as going to his stags. I'm a hugh over thinker though. My head would be telling me that the boss and his fiancee are perhaps thinking of setting your DH up with somebody at the wedding or they already have. They don't know you so no loyalties. I've seen similar things happen before.

RainingRoses · 22/02/2025 10:35

mentalloader · 22/02/2025 09:44

Ok to clear a few things up

Reason we rarely do anything is due to kids/ busy schedules. We both work full time and when we do anything it's usually as a family

OH doesn't have many friends - moved around a lot as a kid so didn't really have chance to maintain any meaningful friendships. He's a few that he's made through playing football and my friends husbands etc. I'm happy that he's formed a close bond with this guy and while he's technically his 'boss' for now, OH is due a promotion shortly to a similar level so they will work very closely together on certain projects.

OH is not a 'schmoozer' - he does feel bad and did offer to ask if I could come to the evening do but I don't want to put them out - it's their wedding! He's certainly not the type to leave me in a hotel room for hours 😂

Yes he has said he will plan another weekend away for us

Maybe I shouldn't have jumped the gun and assumed the invite was going ahead.

And if boot was on the other foot? He'd actually be ok about it.

Thanks all, given my head a shake and had a think. Initially felt a bit put out but in the grand scheme of things I don't think it's such a big deal!

Love this update. As per usual MNers have jumped on the chance to criticise the man and make out like he’s selfish or desperate, with someone even suggesting your husband may love the guy…

Your husband sounds like a decent guy. Hope you guys enjoy the weekend trip when it comes!

ctk496 · 22/02/2025 10:33

KhakiOrca · 22/02/2025 09:57

I have to agree. And spending lots of time with the new boss could be a cover.

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This was my thoughts I’ve seen it happen before!

ctk496 · 22/02/2025 10:31

I would be worried if he didn’t have a crush on his boss there was someone else going you don’t know about of something he doesn’t want you knowing

Mintyt · 22/02/2025 10:25

I think it's good that you have thought this through and are okay with it. That's a healthy relationship, it's ok to be disappointed and it's good to voice it and get over it too

rainbowstardrops · 22/02/2025 10:24

If you were both potentially going to be invited to the evening do then it's a bit odd that just because the boss is now paying out for an additional day guest (so maybe a sit down meal etc) why that would affect the evening do. Was that just going to be a disco and buffet type thing? If so, it makes no difference to the boss surely?
It does sound a little bit odd.

TennisLady · 22/02/2025 10:15

This is a bit weird, he wants to go to a full wedding where he’s the only one invited from work and he’ll have only just met some of the others on the stag do. He’s thrilled at the invite and that you no longer get to go?

Just seems a bit off really!

Sugargliderwombat · 22/02/2025 10:14

Charismatica · 22/02/2025 09:48

The one part of this that jumps out at me is:

‘OH is thrilled he's been honoured with an invite to the day event…’

This would imply he couldn’t care less about you not going.

Is it possible that someone else is attending this wedding that your husband may want to spend time with?

The whole thing sounds suspicious to me ….:

This made me chuckle. Are all couples joined at the hip? Surely it's fine to just go to a wedding solo?

MargaretThursday · 22/02/2025 10:10

I suspect that it may be that it was only your DP invited all along, and he assumed.
What's probably happened was boss said vague "all invited" noises round work about the evening event.
When it's come to boss actually sitting down and planning he's said to his fiancé, that there's a couple of extra people from work he'd now like to invite to the daytime if they can squeeze them in. They've looked at it and said yep they can, and because they've never met the partners have decided not partners. You may well find that even for the evening event they're only inviting partners they've met.

If you've never met them, then I'd think it was odd to be invited.
But also I'd not really think it exciting to be meeting dh's colleagues. I mean I hear about some of them quite a bit. He's worked there for 25 years so I have met a number of them over the years at various things, but that's an area of his life that actually I don't expect to be part of. Equally well he hasn't met most of my colleagues although I've been there nothing like that long.

And if I did want to meet one of dh's colleagues I would not want it to be at their wedding when they would have far more important people to speak to than a colleagues' wife who they've never met.

Why don't you see if your dp would like to invite them both round for a meal some time. That way you can meet and actually get to know them as a person rather than just someone who's busy at their own wedding.

ExtraOnions · 22/02/2025 10:07

…then at the wedding, sat next to the Groom’s single sister …

There is no one from his team going, he knows nobody other than the groom.

All seems a bit odd

thepariscrimefiles · 22/02/2025 10:06

mentalloader · 22/02/2025 08:22

As I said no official invites sent yet but yes, OH has said boss had said a few times that we were both invited to evening do.
He had a meeting with him this week and he'd said that he really wants him at the day do as they've become good mates but it means numbers wise I can no longer come 🤷🏼‍♀️

I don't really understand either.

And no, OH won't know anyone else there as nobody else from their team is being invited to the day.

Your DH shouldn't really feel 'thrilled' that you have been uninvited from the wedding so that he can attend the full event. It sounds rather disloyal and doesn't really make sense. Why would him attending all day mean that there was no longer room for you at the evening do?

I'd be pretty miffed.

Trunksarebetter · 22/02/2025 10:05

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 22/02/2025 08:25

How does your OH going to the day part affect the numbers for the evening part...?

That's a crock of shit

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They’re cutting back on the evening do to spend more on the main reception?

Doesn’t seem that outlandish.

thedogatethecattreats · 22/02/2025 10:01

Slobberchops1 · 22/02/2025 08:23

This is all so weird . Why would anyone want to go to a full day wedding without their partner where they don’t know anyone else ? talk about dullsville .

Why would a couple getting married not think to invite a guests partner?

Also why is your partner going along with this ? Like if I got invited to a full day wedding without a +1 and I only knew the bride and groom- it would be a thanks but no thanks

is he in love with his boss ?

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😂😂😂

First he will meet people at the stag night,

and unlike some posters on here, he sounds NORMAL! People can have conversations with people they only met, not everyone needs a hand hold or is paralysed at the idea of social events.

HOW do some posters manage in the real world I'll never know 😂

Crazybaby123 · 22/02/2025 09:59

A wedding is a celebration of people that mean something to you and you want them there with you. Thry are also expensive per head and often capped at a certain capacity. Seeing as you have never met either the bride or groom, then I wouldnt be bothered, in fact I would be releived not to spend the day with friends and family of people I know nothing about and have never met and plan another weekend. It is a relatively new friendship for your husband too its not like his best mate from school. Maybe the brides mum asked if great Aunty Sandra and her teo chilren can be added to the guest list and the bride bas had to make cuts to the original list to accomodate. You literally know nothing about why they changed the invite.

KhakiOrca · 22/02/2025 09:57

Charismatica · 22/02/2025 09:48

The one part of this that jumps out at me is:

‘OH is thrilled he's been honoured with an invite to the day event…’

This would imply he couldn’t care less about you not going.

Is it possible that someone else is attending this wedding that your husband may want to spend time with?

The whole thing sounds suspicious to me ….:

I have to agree. And spending lots of time with the new boss could be a cover.

SoInLuv · 22/02/2025 09:57

Slobberchops1 · 22/02/2025 08:23

This is all so weird . Why would anyone want to go to a full day wedding without their partner where they don’t know anyone else ? talk about dullsville .

Why would a couple getting married not think to invite a guests partner?

Also why is your partner going along with this ? Like if I got invited to a full day wedding without a +1 and I only knew the bride and groom- it would be a thanks but no thanks

is he in love with his boss ?

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I totally agree!!

Charismatica · 22/02/2025 09:51

Just read your update OP and ignore my post! You’ve provided a lot of info that puts your situation in a very different light!

Apologies

Charismatica · 22/02/2025 09:48

The one part of this that jumps out at me is:

‘OH is thrilled he's been honoured with an invite to the day event…’

This would imply he couldn’t care less about you not going.

Is it possible that someone else is attending this wedding that your husband may want to spend time with?

The whole thing sounds suspicious to me ….: