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Is this a strange comment to write?

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Nickyknackered · 26/06/2026 21:17

An old acquaintance (friends at the time but it was situational and as our lives moved on there was no real keeping in touch aside from FB where we regularly comment on each others photos.).... has just got married and put their photos on FB. She looked beautiful and the whole day looked amazing.

I wrote a comment to say as much, she looked stunning, venue was gorgeous blah blah and then added 'Sorry I couldn't be there'.

We were on holiday and wouldn't have been able to go. Although we weren't actually invited....

SIL thinks its hilarious that I've written that! Is it?

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TheChosenTwo · 26/06/2026 21:20

Erm, well, yes it’s rather odd 😂
you weren’t invited!!! which is one of the reasons you quite literally couldn’t have been there 😂
sorry, this has really tickled me for some reason!

FieryA · 26/06/2026 21:20

Definitely a strange comment. No one invited you, so what are you apologising for?

DozyCrow · 26/06/2026 21:19

I think if you weren't invited then it's a slightly weird thing to write. The bride may think you're passive aggressively commenting on the lack of invite.

ShorterMumma · 26/06/2026 21:19

As you weren't invited, yes its a strange comment.

3luckystars · 26/06/2026 21:18

you weren’t invited 🤣 that’s so funny.

Its like me commenting on photo of the Oscars ‘Sorry I couldn’t be there’