Work Invites

[savingmysanity]

I am having a dilemna regarding invites and work colleagues.

I work in a single building (healthcare setting) with a team of about 60 staff. I am part of the SLT but do a lot of my work with the main team. I get on with lots of people at work but it would be completely ridiculous to invite everybody I work with to the wedding.

The SLT is about 10 people, several of whom I don't particularly get on with and wouldn't spend time with outside of work. The others I really like. I then have my core team of about another 10 or so people who I get on with and would spend time with outside of work.

The real question is can I pick and choose who to invite or do I have to invite all or nothing??

Invite who you really want there then look at who is left. If it means nine out of 10 coming I'd think about whether you'd rather have number 10 there to get the other nine or would rather not have the nine than have to host the tenth.

I had a similar dilemma and ended up not inviting anyone from work. A bit drastic I know, but it was so much easier to just say we were restricted with numbers and would rather invite no one than pick and choose. A couple of people made bitchy comments, annoyingly they were the ones I wouldn't have wanted to invite! It was the nice ones that were fine!

Your wedding, invite who you want and forget about the idiots

My dp had similar dilemma but in the end invited those she really liked to all day and did open invitation for the rest to come for drinks in evening. Out of 8 tables 2 are work people.