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To tell you to *read* the fucking invite..

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Bitchfromhell · 20/07/2017 17:59

Major embarrassment narrowly avoided and I'm cringing at what might have happened Blush

Fancy wedding on Saturday, was so excited to get an invitation months ago. Have bought 2 outfits in the sales so can return the one I don't choose on the day. Booked the hairdressers for the morning, even lost a few pounds. We don't get many wedding invites these days and I love a good wedding so admittedly completely over invested Blush

Checked the invite for timings this morning and realised we haven't actually been invited to the whole thing. Just the ceremony at 1pm and then the evening do at 7pm.

I've spent all afternoon imagining us wondering about the fancy venue looking for our seats for the breakfast, being whispered to quietly by the formidable mother of the bride that we shouldn't actually be there. God it would have been awful. These aren't the sort of folk that would laugh it off. We'd have looked like proper dickheads.

Anyway, lesson learned, always read the invitation.

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StillDrivingMeBonkers · 20/07/2017 18:38

I think, by law, anyone can go to the ceremony.

But our local registrar only sits 20 people. And if church doors are open - why cant I go to society/sleb weddings etc ? It's a bit of a myth anyone can walk in anywhere they fancy

TheFallenMadonna · 20/07/2017 18:38

My "bit rude" was to MsHarry.

Pengggwn · 20/07/2017 18:38

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Notknownatthisaddress · 20/07/2017 18:38

@Blondielongie

I think that's rude of them not to invite you to the breakfast. Maybe you should order a dominos during the ceremony and eat it in view of the wedding breakfast window.

BAHHAAAAAA!!! Grin Looking through the window like

To tell you to *read* the fucking invite..
MsHarry · 20/07/2017 18:38

Oops! Pressed post too soon. Not quite like phone or telly as they are abbreviations. It would be an invit in that case wouldn't it?

Muffinbutton · 20/07/2017 18:39

That's what we did, evening guests were welcomed to come to the church. Lots did as they were local.

However we had two guests that misread their invites and turned up for the breakfast! The hotel was brilliant and managed to find them a place at a table.

FrancisCrawford · 20/07/2017 18:40

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BluePancakes · 20/07/2017 18:40

We actually have made that faux pas 10 years ago.
Went to the wedding ceremony, then on to the reception location, to discover we weren't on the table-setting board. Blush
Re-checked our invite and found out we were only invited to the ceremony and evening do.

DH and I went to a restaurant and had a lovely romantic meal, before heading back to the reception for the evening, though we couldn't eat any of the buffet they provided as we were stuffed, and then back to the hotel.

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Bitchfromhell · 20/07/2017 18:41

You lot are making me nervous I've still got it wrong so have just checked through the (5 pages, no less) of invitation (sorry) and the wording is most definitely weird but I'm sure it's just the ceremony and the evening bit.
They've gone a bit poetic with it all and tbh, the invitation is very fancy just for the evening piss up. There is a dress code, a request to be informed of dietary requirements and a poem all about they don't want presents but if you absolutely must buy one, they want something you have chosen .
I think what they've done is used the same invitation for day guests as evening guests and just omitted the insert page that details the actual good bit of the wedding for us low lives.
Oh well, at least I figured it out eventually Hmm

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AgentProvocateur · 20/07/2017 18:43

You need to phone and ask. If they e asked for dietary requirements...

nina2b · 20/07/2017 18:43

*Hissy

Erm... the ceremony and The evening IS the whole wedding...

The "breakfast" actually refers to the meal after the ceremony.

Which part of the OP did you fail to understand? Hmm

Blondielongie · 20/07/2017 18:44

notknownatthisaddress I'm never going to look at pizza the same way after that photo. Haha

lovemycatsanddog · 20/07/2017 18:44

I wouldnt go at all, or buy a wedding present, how mean of them

SueMacartney · 20/07/2017 18:44

Bloody hell, no wonder you misunderstood OP, that sounds complex!

IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday · 20/07/2017 18:45

They are very rude. How entitled and arrogant must you be to think people will want to see the wedding, then hang around, unfed, for several hours until the evening bit?

I wouldn't bother going to the wedding.

FuzzyOwl · 20/07/2017 18:45

If they have asked for dietary requirements, I think you need to make sure you aren't expected at the breakfast. Unless they are planning on offer food in the evening as well?

WeAreEternal · 20/07/2017 18:46

I think that's rude of them not to invite you to the breakfast. Maybe you should order a dominos during the ceremony and eat it in view of the wedding breakfast window.

BAHHAAAAAA!!! grin Looking through the window like
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MudGolum · 20/07/2017 18:46

This is why we had the wedding in the afternoon then straight into an evening buffet and dance.

Couldn't afford a sit down meal for all so skipped it. Weddings are expensive for guests. We had a no gifts and no cash rule as we couldn't do an open bar. Smashing day though.

Hortonlovesahoo · 20/07/2017 18:46

We've had 3 invites this year for weddings and they've all been like this (church then evening reception only). I wonder if it's a new thing?

ShatnersBassoon · 20/07/2017 18:47

Oops! Pressed post too soon. Not quite like phone or telly as they are abbreviations. It would be an invit in that case wouldn't it?

Nope, or telly would be tele. Not all abbreviations are part of a word chopped off. Pram and soccer, for example, aren't exactly a short version of the full word.

Anyway, op please do order a pizza for eating in the foyer of the breakfast venue Grin. Is the wedding close to home? Could you easily kill 6 hours between the first and third acts?

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Bitchfromhell · 20/07/2017 18:47

God this is making me nervous now Grin can you ring in sick to a wedding?

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FuzzyOwl · 20/07/2017 18:48

Please get pizza for the foyer!

TheCraicDealer · 20/07/2017 18:49

The only way this is acceptable is if you're from a religious background and you're extending the invite to the congregation (in which case it's probably the done thing anyway) or you do a very obvious evening invite with a note that says "if you wish to join us for the ceremony at 1pm at blah blah blah you're more than welcome".

We're doing evening invites with moons and stars on a night sky- hopefully that will be clear enough Grin And it seems grim even mentioning gifts to evening guests. And you don't put all that guff in about directions and dietary requirements etc, no wonder you were confused!

gingergenius · 20/07/2017 18:49

I go to a lot of weddings for my job (40+ per year) and I've NEVER seen this! Are you sure you're not invited to the wedding breakfast @Bitchfromhell ?

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Bitchfromhell · 20/07/2017 18:49

Dh has decided we're doing the pizza thing and throwing a better party at home for all the other low lives!
He says we're going though, he's heard rumours of a real ale bar apparently Hmm

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