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Invite to a wedding days before the day WWYD?

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longtompot · 02/05/2018 22:29

I had a message from one of the party asking if we had received our invite, less than a week before the wedding. We haven't received it, apparently sent to wrong address. We have been invited to all of it, but I am in two minds about whether to go. Part of me would love to as they are family, but part of me is pissed off they have left it so late. Surely you would check a few weeks before the date if you were unsure guests hadn't received the relevent info.
Would you go if it were you?

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turtleton · 02/05/2018 22:32

Sounds like they've had a cancellation and are trying to fill the spaces.
However, if you like the family members and would have a nice time regardless I would go?

calzone · 02/05/2018 22:33

I would go

artichokehearts · 02/05/2018 22:35

If I went would depend entirely on what I felt like doing and not related to invite coming late (even if that would annoy me). I.e. I wouldn’t hang back from attending from some kind of pique that invite hadn’t got through earlier. But if I didn’t want to go, well invite coming late makes the negative RSVP all the easier.

Enidblyton1 · 02/05/2018 22:36

We had a couple of people not reply to our wedding inviatation - they received it, but forgot to reply. I only rang them up about 4 or 5 days before the wedding to check if they were coming. So I don't think it's that odd they didn't check earlier. It's easy to forget about a couple of non-repliers when you're trying to prepare for a wedding.
Do you have reason to believe they don't want you there? If not, I wouldn't take offence at all.

Mookatron · 02/05/2018 22:38

Honestly, it would depend if there was a free bar or not.

ScrubTheDecks · 02/05/2018 22:42

So they invited you ages ago but you didn’t get the invite?

Don’t refuse just because you are pissed off they didn’t check earlier, talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

Go if you would enjoy it and are available.

Giraffey1 · 02/05/2018 22:45

Do you want to go? Then go. If you dont want to go say sorry, but the invite has. On,y just arrives and we have other plans, hope you have a lovely day.

longtompot · 02/05/2018 23:02

The invite still hasn't arrived, it was just a message via messenger. My parents have had their invite for over a month. I suspect after a chat with another relative, they have been very lax about sending invites, and suddenly realise that hardly any one will be coming.
I'm not cutting my nose off etc and I would genuinely like to celebrate with them, but as other close family members haven't been invited, it all feels a little odd. I am not hugely close to this relative, but was growing up.
Not having tne invite also means we have no details of the day so I have no idea if there is food or even a bar, free or not

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Kintan · 02/05/2018 23:02

I’d go, but I love weddings :)

longtompot · 03/05/2018 21:16

We are going. I had a few more details of the day and we have a place for the meal after the ceremony. I guess it just made me question why we were told so late and why certain family members aren't invited. It just felt very spur of the moment. I think now they did post and invite and it went missing, so we shall don our Sunday best and have a lovely day with them Smile

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