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Plus One wedding Issue

161 replies

libra89 · 21/06/2025 07:24

Hi my boyfriend has been to two weddings this year without me. He has said that in both wedding invitations that no plus ones are invited. I have been with him about a year now. I feel very left out because of this. Any advice what I should do. Thanks in advance

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ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan · 21/06/2025 11:06

I think some counselling would help you change your mindset and be less passive and dependent on others. Invest in a course of therapy to understand why your behaviour is so needy. This will help you in social relationships in the future; I suspect it's a pattern of repeat behaviour you display in all your social interactions.

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:13

babasaclover · 21/06/2025 10:56

Why on earth would you be invited? They would have planned their wedding 2/3 years ago and you didn’t exist to them. Plus it sounds like you’ve never met them! Fucked if I’d be paying £150 a head for a stranger to attend my wedding

you also sound completely controlling not wanting him to go on a stag do cause you have no friends to fill the time with. You are a big red flag

Edited

No I don’t need a pat on the back and no I’m not a controlling girlfriend. I have been a very supporting girlfriend. I’m not a red flag

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:15

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 09:43

has he met your friends?

have you ever been to a wedding for one of your friends op?

He has met my friends I have been to a wedding of one of my friends

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:17

stichguru · 21/06/2025 10:28

The thing is you have to expand your situation to EVERYONE. You are young. At our wedding there was 150 people max (max the venue could hold legally), I'd say easily maybe 25% of our guests were single young people who could have had a plus one. 25% of 150 is 37. That would mean we would had to have 37 less friends to accommodate 37 random people we didn't know! Yes you are being very selfish and you need to just stop!

I’m not being self feah I have been a very supporting girlfriend. I always say him hope he enjoys it and he always says he wants me to come to the wedding so badly

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BuckChuckets · 21/06/2025 11:21

libra89 · 21/06/2025 10:06

I could try to meet his friends soon but he hasn’t made any effort for met to try and meet them

You can't seem to understand that THIS is the issue.

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:33

BuckChuckets · 21/06/2025 11:21

You can't seem to understand that THIS is the issue.

I see this as not meeting his friends an issue

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:36

BrucesTooth · 21/06/2025 10:30

I would say the only open (bring someone, who has not met bride/groom) plus one that might be given is to someone who has travelled a long way and maybe not know anyone else there. Depending on how well they know the couple, even married partners might now be invited (eg a work colleagues wedding)
What relationship did you boyfriend have with these people? If you've been together only a year, and the weddings have happened, then at the point of inviting you would have been pretty new together.
For the future, if this is a good relationship, work on meeting more of each others friends and building a foundation as a couple while maintaining individual friendships and interests. See how it goes.

Thank you I will work on meeting his friends and expanding

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Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:38

Op how old are you?

Quite simply, you don’t have enough going on in your life.

how often do you see this boyfriend? Do you stay over at one another’s homes? How long have you actually been together if not rounding up to a year?

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:39

libra89 · 21/06/2025 10:06

I could try to meet his friends soon but he hasn’t made any effort for met to try and meet them

Yes Op
and that is rather telling

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:40

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:13

No I don’t need a pat on the back and no I’m not a controlling girlfriend. I have been a very supporting girlfriend. I’m not a red flag

I didn’t say he couldn’t go on a stag.

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Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:40

libra89 · 21/06/2025 10:17

I do have a friends. One or two good friends. I have been to a few weddings

“One or two good friends”

you aren’t sure whether you have one or two good friends?

has your boyfriend been Introduced to them? Have you socialised with your friends with boyfriend present?

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:40

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:15

He has met my friends I have been to a wedding of one of my friends

And your boyfriend joined?

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:41

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:39

Yes Op
and that is rather telling

Thanks I’ll have to ask him why he hasn’t introduced me to all his friends

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:41

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:40

And your boyfriend joined?

I didn’t have a boyfriend at that stage

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Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:42

Do you want to share how old you both are? And how long you have actually been together?

How often have you met his parents?

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:43

ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan · 21/06/2025 11:06

I think some counselling would help you change your mindset and be less passive and dependent on others. Invest in a course of therapy to understand why your behaviour is so needy. This will help you in social relationships in the future; I suspect it's a pattern of repeat behaviour you display in all your social interactions.

Counselling might help

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Lostworlds · 21/06/2025 11:45

I think the issue is your boyfriend not introducing you to his friends.

The wedding isn’t about you, I wouldn’t of invited anyone to my wedding that I didn’t know, doesn’t matter if it was a plus one, I wouldn’t pay for someone if I had no clue who they are.

Ask your boyfriend to get everyone together to meet up, if he says no then ask him why. It sounds like he’s trying to keep his friendship and his relationship with you separate.I don’t have the same friendship group as my husband but I know all of his friends, have their numbers, on social media and could go hang out with them if I wanted to.

AndImBrit · 21/06/2025 11:46

libra89 · 21/06/2025 09:59

How do I get over it

Therapy? Perspective? Realise you’re being irrational and stop dwelling on it?

But if you have to ask, I think the answer probably is therapy.

Torkieshorkie · 21/06/2025 11:47

A lot of these responses are really naïve

i think deep down you know that your boyfriend isn’t giving you want you need

I would say if he’s that into you he would have definitely of wanted you to meet his friends

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:48

AndImBrit · 21/06/2025 11:46

Therapy? Perspective? Realise you’re being irrational and stop dwelling on it?

But if you have to ask, I think the answer probably is therapy.

I’ve been to therapy a few times but ways feel like there is something wrong with me whenever I go there

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:48

Torkieshorkie · 21/06/2025 11:47

A lot of these responses are really naïve

i think deep down you know that your boyfriend isn’t giving you want you need

I would say if he’s that into you he would have definitely of wanted you to meet his friends

I would have hoped he would have introduced me to his friends

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ThisIsMyYearToFindMyself · 21/06/2025 11:48

You’re repeating your answers quite a lot, and not elaborating. What do you want from this thread? You’ve received tons of good advice but you don’t seem to be listening.

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:49

There is something quite wrong here
OP prioritise getting some professional support

libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:51

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:40

“One or two good friends”

you aren’t sure whether you have one or two good friends?

has your boyfriend been Introduced to them? Have you socialised with your friends with boyfriend present?

having one or two good is better than having no friends

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libra89 · 21/06/2025 11:52

Hardtum · 21/06/2025 11:38

Op how old are you?

Quite simply, you don’t have enough going on in your life.

how often do you see this boyfriend? Do you stay over at one another’s homes? How long have you actually been together if not rounding up to a year?

Every weekend I’m 35

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