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Wonderworld25 · 29/03/2025 14:08

So I've been with my partner for almost 10 years and we have lived together the dull duration of that time. We have 3 children together and are in a very secure and content relationship. His best friend whom I know is getting married and only my partner has recieved an invite to the wedding with his name on it. There is no mention of me apart from a verbal conversation convo with them where his friend said that I'm allowed to come for the evening, but still no official invite for the evening. I have not mentioned anything to my SO. Yet. As time has gone on, I feel a little disappointed in my partner for accepting the invite for himself only for the ceremony without his SO joining him. I totally understand its their day and i am trying to see it from their perspective on cost etc, howver I personally feel that my partner should of stood up for me considering we are in a very long term relationship. I will add that I have met his friend and partner a few times and have been out together as a couple twice however I don't have their contacts as my friends and I appreciate it is my partners friend. How would other people feel about this and what would you say to your OH without sounding like a crank 🤔

OP posts:
RominaDina · 29/03/2025 19:27

saraclara · 29/03/2025 19:26

So you'd put people you don't know, ahead of the needs of people you love?

I genuinely don't understand that mindset.

No.

saraclara · 29/03/2025 19:26

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:03

No. Courtesy, consideration and inclusivity trump things for me.

So you'd put people you don't know, ahead of the needs of people you love?

I genuinely don't understand that mindset.

Iwanttenofthose · 29/03/2025 19:25

Endofyear · 29/03/2025 19:16

I'd be quite happy for DH to go without me and I wouldn't bother going to the evening either! But then, I'm quite lazy and would relish having an evening to myself with a posh ready meal and a true crime documentary!

Hah, yes me too, I love getting an evening to myself!

Iwanttenofthose · 29/03/2025 19:24

Wonderworld25 · 29/03/2025 19:08

I understand that, however how would it work if the shoe was on the other foot. My OH knows both the friend and his fiancee very well and has done for a long time however I don't according to all on here and we are merely acquaintances, so I should not invite any of the couple to my wedding, as I don't even know them? I'm sure my other half would have something to say about that about me not wanting his long time best friends wife, that he knows well to our wedding simply because I don't know them well enough - not going to happen is it

Edited

Unless I'm misunderstanding, that analogy doesn't make sense because surely it would be "our wedding" not "my wedding" so yes of course I'd expect the groom to invite his friends to the wedding even if theyre not close friends of the bride, and vice versa. This is different though because it's about whether the couple should be under pressure to invite someone neither of them are particularly close to.

Endofyear · 29/03/2025 19:16

I'd be quite happy for DH to go without me and I wouldn't bother going to the evening either! But then, I'm quite lazy and would relish having an evening to myself with a posh ready meal and a true crime documentary!

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 19:11

It's such a tricky one, @Wonderworld25 . I understand why you're upset, but it's happened. I'm sure the couple didn't set out to hurt you. Perhaps talk to your partner about how you're feeling a bit excluded and you feel that he's not supporting you?
If he decides to go to the wedding, just do something nice for yourself on that day.

Kindling1970 · 29/03/2025 19:11

Weddings where you don’t know the couple that well are shite anyway. All that small talk and travel. I would be happy I hadn’t been invited!

I personally never understood the whole invite the couple thing but me and my partner have different friendship groups and even after 12 years I haven’t met all of his friends. My guess is they just don’t see you like that as you have only met them a few times. I wouldn’t take it personally

Wonderworld25 · 29/03/2025 19:08

Iwanttenofthose · 29/03/2025 18:06

I didn't really want people I didn't know very well at my wedding ceremony either. It's their wedding, it's not really about you. I'd be fine with an evening invite in this scenario.

I understand that, however how would it work if the shoe was on the other foot. My OH knows both the friend and his fiancee very well and has done for a long time however I don't according to all on here and we are merely acquaintances, so I should not invite any of the couple to my wedding, as I don't even know them? I'm sure my other half would have something to say about that about me not wanting his long time best friends wife, that he knows well to our wedding simply because I don't know them well enough - not going to happen is it

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RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:52

Eyerollexpert · 29/03/2025 18:49

My point was that the poster I quoted said that if the bride and groom couldn't afford to invite SO they should pick something cheaper. No they should not . At £100 per person it is probably something that ppl would not be theoretically happy to pay for themselves.

Oh I see what you mean ☺️. Sorry, I misunderstood.

Eyerollexpert · 29/03/2025 18:52

Outofthepan · 29/03/2025 15:23

That’s exactly what the happy couple should do!

But when I got married we also said no gifts. Everyone invited with partners, buffet dinner, dancing, everyone happy

Edited

Disagree it is the Bride and groom's special day they can do what they want. That is what they should do.

Eyerollexpert · 29/03/2025 18:49

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 15:12

Why would anyone pay to attend a wedding?!
You're a guest.

My point was that the poster I quoted said that if the bride and groom couldn't afford to invite SO they should pick something cheaper. No they should not . At £100 per person it is probably something that ppl would not be theoretically happy to pay for themselves.

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:46

You're right, @SheilaFentiman . Everyone balances things differently. It's all down to personal choice, of course it is. However, the OP is understandably upset, and I can understand why. Many of us are making the point about spouses/long term partners being included because that's our thoughts about weddings.

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 18:29

Ooorhead · 29/03/2025 18:15

From what post(s)?

Any of the ones that consider the couple rude or uninclusive if the couple have chosen to balance their wedding priorities differently to how the poster would/did do it.

FWIW, I had established/named partners at my wedding (but I didn’t give a carte balance plus one to everyone) and I have been to the weddings of two different uni friends who only invited me and not DH.

I was totally fine with that difference because everyone balances differently (one friend had his wedding at a place near his parents which meant something to him, the other had a HUGE family and not much space for friends as guests)

Gremlins101 · 29/03/2025 18:21

I personally think it's rude, but you have to let it go.

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:20

Iammatrix · 29/03/2025 18:19

Are there many on here who have been to weddings of people they don’t really know that well?

Yes, I have. Quite a few.

Iammatrix · 29/03/2025 18:19

Are there many on here who have been to weddings of people they don’t really know that well?

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:16

@RealEagle @CantStopMoving @NoSoupForU
I completely agree 👍

Ooorhead · 29/03/2025 18:15

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 18:13

Not the message I’m getting, TBH.

From what post(s)?

CantStopMoving · 29/03/2025 18:15

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 17:59

So your answer is: only couples, even if fewer friends go.

Thanks for answering.

Yes that is what happens at weddings. Get a bigger venue if want to invite more or do what my sister did and only have 30 people which was close family and about 4 friends and their partners.

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 18:13

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:09

I think most people realise that.

Not the message I’m getting, TBH.

RealEagle · 29/03/2025 18:10

ohnowwhatcanitbe · 29/03/2025 14:48

It is appalling social etiquette and extremely bad manners to only invite one half of a long-term couple to a wedding.

Fair enough if the couple has only been together a few months but ten years? That is just downright rude.

This exactly,I’ve never heard of only inviting one half of a couple to a wedding

NoSoupForU · 29/03/2025 18:09

A wedding is supposed to be a celebration of love and a relationship so I find it really rather rude when the couple getting married are dismissive of other people's relationships.

We invited everyone with a plus one.

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:09

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 18:07

In my example of the ill elderly relative, isn’t it discourteous or not inclusive to them to wait for a larger/further away venue to become available, meaning they are perhaps too poorly to attend?

I just want people to recognise that everything about a wedding is a balance.

I think most people realise that.

SheilaFentiman · 29/03/2025 18:07

RominaDina · 29/03/2025 18:03

No. Courtesy, consideration and inclusivity trump things for me.

In my example of the ill elderly relative, isn’t it discourteous or not inclusive to them to wait for a larger/further away venue to become available, meaning they are perhaps too poorly to attend?

I just want people to recognise that everything about a wedding is a balance.

Iwanttenofthose · 29/03/2025 18:06

I didn't really want people I didn't know very well at my wedding ceremony either. It's their wedding, it's not really about you. I'd be fine with an evening invite in this scenario.

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