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If it's a really small wedding, that could be the reason. They may have invited only out of politeness but don't really want lots of guests so they'd be okay if he doesn't show up.
It doesn’t matter what size the wedding is. It’s never polite to invite only one half of a married, engaged, or cohabiting couple. I keep repeating this criteria to emphasize that we’re talking about established or long term couples, not some flavor-of-the-month that the invitee has decided to couple up with so he or she has a date for the wedding.
If you can’t afford to invite both halves of established couples (whether or not you know the other half) then scale back the wedding.
If it's a really small wedding, that could be the reason. They may have invited only out of politeness but don't really want lots of guests so they'd be okay if he doesn't show up.
This is contradictory -- there's no way to send a wedding invitation out of "politeness" that conspicuously excludes the spouse. If you don't want someone to attend your wedding, you just. don't. invite. them, OR their spouse.
If it's a really small wedding, that could be the reason. They may have invited only out of politeness but don't really want lots of guests so they'd be okay if he doesn't show up.
There can be no reason for an outright slight...no excuse for downright rudeness.
It doesn’t matter what size the wedding is. It’s never polite to invite only one half of a married, engaged, or cohabiting couple. I keep repeating this criteria to emphasize that we’re talking about established or long term couples, not some flavor-of-the-month that the invitee has decided to couple up with so he or she has a date for the wedding.
If you can’t afford to invite both halves of established couples (whether or not you know the other half) then scale back the wedding.
yep. Many people have said this over the course of this long thread, but it is still shocking to me that some people don't get it and attempt to justify the idea of inviting a husband but explicitly not inviting the wife.
People are selfish. They want a fancy wedding at whatever price they can afford and will exclude half of a couple if that's what it takes to do it. No one cares about etiquette anymore. They'll even include registry information and honeymoon "gofundmes" in their invitations. Don't even get me started about brides who throw themselves their own showers. OP, I would decline the rude invite.
If this is true why is she 'shocked and surprised' that the person only invited the husband?
I mean the invitation is rude but if you don't get along with the person, why are you upset at not being included? Would the OP have gone?
Probably because the OP was surprised the invite even came. The OP posted on here a few times about issues she's had with the person who sent the invitation. The husband said he was going without her. So that tells you a lot about this situation.
I don't get why the OP is upset about not being invited since they don't get along. I totally see why she's be uber ticked off at her husband for going. The whole thing is a hot mess!
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