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AIBU?

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Are we invited or not?

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WeddingConfusion · 08/08/2024 15:28

We've received an invitation to DH's niece's wedding later in the year but it's not clear to us whether we're invited to the whole day or just the evening.

On the front of the invitation our names have been beautifully handwritten but the rest of it - details, inserts and RSVP card - are all printed.

One of the inserts is an Order of the Day giving timings of everything from guests arrival, ceremony, photographs etc. through to carriages at midnight. Based on the fact we've been sent one of these DH and I are assuming we're invited to the whole day. However...

Underneath the printed details of the date and venue, in the same beautiful handwriting, it says "evening party starts at 19.00". This is half an hour earlier than the time on the Order of the Day and it's making us wonder if that's the time for evening guests to arrive and we are, in fact, only invited to the evening. If that's the case though then we don't understand why we've been sent an Order of the Day if we don't need one.

Obviously one of us will have to phone SIL for clarification but before we do I thought I'd put it to a poll and see what others think. It is, of course, quite possible we're overthinking it and it's perfectly obvious (to everyone but us!) but it would be dreadfully embarrassing to turn up to the bit we're not actually invited to or to only turn up in the evening when we should have been there all day!

YABU - It's perfectly clear you're invited to the whole day
YANBU - It's obvious you're only invited to the evening

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WeddingConfusion · 10/08/2024 17:22

@WhatNoRaisins oh so do I! I totally get that DN wanted to organise everything herself but I'm sure that if she'd enlisted SIL's help this wouldn't have happened. At least SIL agreed that the information and wording on the invite wasn't clear and could, herself, foresee the potential for evening guests arriving for the ceremony so will no doubt encourage DN to contact who she can and maybe come up with a contingency plan. Whether DN does or not though remains to be seen!

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GawjussPreMadonna · 18/08/2024 08:05

It could be a mistake of some sort. We got an evening invitation from DH's friend a few years ago, but it came with meal choices which I thought was weird. Asked DH to check but of course he didn't until the week before 🙄 turned out we were invited for the whole day but ended up missing the ceremony as it was too short notice by that point to get the time off work.

So definitely check!

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