A relative of mine has been with his girlfriend for about 7 years. They live together.
His girlfriend's cousin is getting married next year. The girlfriend and the cousin (male) are more like brother and sister. It's a very small family and they grew up being together most of the time. I'd say they're even closer than a lot of brothers and sisters.
Both couples have actually spent a lot of time together and socialise together quite a bit.
The wedding invitations come out and the cousin's boyfriend hasn't been invited!
Cousin is very hurt. It's not a tiny wedding by any means, it's in a big church and a decent sized reception place.
Cousin tells other cousin she's upset and is told he can come to the party bit in the evening.
The cousin has turned around and said she's not going now.
While I completely sympathise with strict numbers at these kinds of things I do feel he should have been invited!
He's pretty much family. The groom's side of the family are all quite upset and surprised.
What are others thoughts?
Nc'ed for this as quite a few on here actually know who I am in rl.