[Milly Molly Mand...]

Yes, another wedding wdyt.

DH just got a wedding invite which only has his name on it. He presumed it included me as well until I told him that it clearly only has his name and that no I don't think it includes me.

Ok I know that people can invite whoever they want to their wedding, I get that.

What my question is, is this a relatively new phenomenon? We have never had an invite like this before and have been to many weddings.

Not asking for opinions on what he should do. That's already been decided.

[EssentialBludger]

I hear about it lots on EB, never happened to us though. I have an invite on the fridge right now addressed to both of us - I've never met the couple in my life!

[Milly Molly Mand...]

It is a work colleague, I have met her a couple of times.

[Oriental lily]

On EB?
Nope.

In my reality yes.

I have never came across this in my family and social circle but apparently EB says its perfectly fine.

[TinyTeddys]

My DH was invited to a wedding and I wasn't. It was a work college, small wedding and apparently no ones partners were invited. I had never meet them so I wasn't fussed.

[April girl]

This old chestnut! I do find it strange to not invite someone's partner to accompany them to a wedding. I don't know if it's a new phenomenom or anything- it hasn't happened to me but I know I wouldn't go without my husband and nor would he go without me.

[kelbelblue]

I would think it odd but I guess it depends on the context. Is it a work colleague that you don't know? I would still think it a bit odd not to invite a spouse but less odd than a friend who knows you both but did not invite you.

I agree with Moss. Very strange if you both know the couple, understandable if only your husband knows them and they have limited seating, or simply don't want a guest list filled with strangers.
Probably not something I would be upset about if it is the latter.

[Beancat]

Weird, very weird. I would always invite the partner (ie a real, serious partner, not a 2 month girlfriend/boyfriend) even if I didnt know them, or for that matter had met them. Very strange - have you had a falling out with the person?

I started seeing someone, (who incidently is about to father my third child and we have been together for 6 years) about 6 weeks before my sisters' wedding. Neither he or I expected him to be invited


ETA - could it actually be a printing mistake? Is there some way you can secretly check this out?

This post has been edited by Beancat: 19/02/2013, 01:06 PM

[Born Slippy]

I have not had an invite like that personally.

However, I certainly have no expectation to be invited to a wedding where my only connection to the bride and/or groom is through my partner. It is not clear from the OP what the exact situation is.

For that reason this is a general example: if a colleague of my DP (particularly one I'd never met) was getting married, I would not expect to be invited just because I am in a relationship with DP. It would make more sense that DP and other work colleagues were invited, without partners.

[in(s)ane]

At our wedding, we invited a few work ppl and their partners

BUT

if I were to do it again, I would invite more work colleagues, not invite their partners, and then seat them all together



Edited to make sense

This post has been edited by in(s)ane: 19/02/2013, 01:11 PM