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AIBU to expect an invite to DP Best Friends Wedding?

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PIB20 · 28/08/2022 13:21

DP best friend is getting married soon. I have been told by them that i am not invited to the wedding as they cannot 'afford' to invite me. They live in their parents annex, dont have any outgoings and he spends all his money on gaming paraphernalia. Now, by no means am i saying they have to invite me and spend the money on me, however its the fact after all these years i am not also considered a friend, which quite frankly has hurt. We go out with them, have bbq's with them, his soon to be wife is the godmother of my child etc.

But when handing out the invites told me i am not invited, because, if he invited me he would have to invite all of his friends 'girlfriends' which he hasnt done. His other friends are either in new relationships or not serious ones. Me and my DP are engaged (would be married but delayed due to covid), been together years, have a mortgage and a son.

We see them quite often and i spend one evening a week with his wife to be. Aibu to think that this is strange behaviour? I then got told 'i can pop into the evening party if i want to, but dont bring DC' (who is one and still BF as wont take a bottle).

My DP agrees and has said he finds it strange and doesnt really want to go without me. I've told him he should go as its his friends wedding and its their choice who they invite but i cant help but feel hurt and unappreciated as an individual. (The wedding is about half an hour away)

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Trying20 · 28/08/2022 21:11

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Kite22 · 28/08/2022 23:00

I've changed my mind a bit since your opening post.

When you said the bride was your dc's Godmother, then I assumed she was clearly a good friend. Your later explanation is just incredibly strange. Why on earth would you and your dp just not say ... "er, no, we don't even really know her" with a confused look on your faces.

Then you've said it is a mid week wedding so clearly they are doing it cheaply as they can, and that means lines drawn in a different place from if you are having a bigger 'do'. If you see them quite often, then presumably they know you won't leave your dc, so they knew you wouldn't go anyway - so this is a bit of a fuss about nothing and turns out to be quite a bit different from what was implied in the OP.

Zazazoolly · 13/03/2023 18:19

Spending an evening a week with someone sounds to me like a pretty good friend. Is she not allowed to invite her friends?

Zazazoolly · 13/03/2023 18:20

JustFlying · 28/08/2022 14:10

But could you even go if you were invited? You say that your baby is EBF. So maybe they didn't invite you if they don't want children there?

That’s really not the point!

Edthehorse · 15/03/2023 20:59

I'm obviously in the minority here but of DPs best friend was getting married and it meant either inviting me or the end of thier friendship I would tell him to go without me! (And we have been together 14 years)

Yes I would be a bit hurt but it's his best friend and I wouldn't want to be the cause of ending the friendship.

However in this case OP i would assume they want no kids there and that's why you haven't been invited, established partner or not. Just my take on it

TwoCoffeesPlease · 18/03/2023 13:09

I agree this is very rude.

Inviting you is not tantamount to inviting “all the friends’ girlfriends”.

Take my own wedding - long term and serious partners are automatically invited. There will be a question mark over nebulous “+1s” for single guests or guests who perhaps have only been dating someone a few months for the wedding as we do have a hard cap on numbers from the venue but you do not fall into this catergory

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