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AIBU?

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Evening Wedding Invite, fair?

127 replies

Jentefieldroamer · 16/04/2024 15:18

Okay, so I'm probably a lot older than you and also have some mixed heritage. I'm nearly 70 and been invited to a friend's wedding (same age), some 200 miles away. My friend and I who are invited have been friends for nearly 60 years and she has invited us only to evening party which requires a stay at the wedding venue. The venue has an early breakfast, just expensive rooms and bar is over priced. We will be entitled to a burger on patio. We always considered her a close friend, sharing life's ups and downs. It's a large venue, lots of guests , so please share how you would feel if your longtime friend only invited you to evening disco? We would of preferred to just see her married and return home in the evening but not possible because of venues requirements. No parking also. AIBU that my friend and I don't attend?

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Newestname002 · 25/04/2024 09:38

Easytigeress84 · 23/04/2024 10:05

“IMO it’s bizarre to invite people to the ceremony, send them away for a few hours, and then ask them to come back again”

Happened to me! Drove 125miles! No dinner. Just ceremony and evening do! One of my oldest friends. Bizarre.

That's incredibly rude. Thoughtless behaviour towards guests who've already invested in effort, time and money. 🌹

Uncooperativefingers · 25/04/2024 09:48

PotatoPudding · 16/04/2024 16:00

I don’t understand how people can expect people to travel 200 hundred miles and shell out a few hundred quid for only a few hours.

I would be pretty pisses off at not making the guest list of 100 people, although if both bride and groom are in their 70s, I imagine there’s a lot or family to invite.

Because the bride and groom are in a difficult situation.

We did this and got married in my home town in the North. We now live 3 hours away near my husband's home town (but haven't been here very long, so no deep friendships). We also spent a while living in London and still have friends from uni days who are spread all over. So lot of people potentially travelling.

We couldn't have everyone there for the full day, so we did evening invites for some. There was (as with any invite) no obligation to attend and we weren't upset if they couldn't. But the alternative was giving no invite at all, which felt worse.

I'm sure in the scenario of no invite, OP would be moaning on here that she isn't invited at all.

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