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Nisa
Super March 2019

How to tell people no?

Nisa, on March 19, 2018 at 5:38 PM

Posted in Wedding Ceremony 24

I've seen this discussed before and never thought it would really apply to me. How do you tell someone that they aren't invited? Our wedding is still a year away and the guest list hasn't been finalized yet, but someone I knew in college (not a close friend) asked me "hey babe am I invited to your...
I've seen this discussed before and never thought it would really apply to me. How do you tell someone that they aren't invited? Our wedding is still a year away and the guest list hasn't been finalized yet, but someone I knew in college (not a close friend) asked me "hey babe am I invited to your wedding?? 😍😍😍" This came to me as a Snapchat message after she saw me open an early birthday present on Snapchat (bride and groom luggage tags from one of my close friends).

I guess I never thought I would have to deal with this because I didn't think anyone would ask so candidly... My fiance and I aren't very social and our friend group isn't large, and he has a huge family that we have to invite, so we can't accommodate extra guests. I'm not close to this girl at all, and she was kind of like this in college too, asking to do things because she knew people wouldn't say no. The last time I even saw/spoke to her was in 2015.

I know I'm probably just being a huge baby and I should just say "no", but how do I word that? My inability to turn people down is a huge character flaw of mine and I can see how wedding planning is going to be awful if I don't grow a spine.

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  • Heather
    Expert March 2018
    Heather ·
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    I would simply state that you have not made a guest list yet and leave it at that.
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  • Nisa
    Super March 2019
    Nisa ·
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    Yeah this did occur to me and I might just ignore it, but like she uses Snapchat even for the most serious of things. Like this person would probably announce a funeral via Snapchat. 😭
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  • Casey
    VIP December 2018
    Casey ·
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    Oh my goodness! That reminds me of my sister. She's in high school and she announces/reminds people of the national honor society meetings on snapchat! lol.

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  • D
    Devoted October 2018
    Danielle ·
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    I’ve had several people ask me this. We’re unable to accommodate everyone we know. I’ve even had to exclude my cousins from attending because I have such a large family. Just explain that you only have a certain amount of people you can invite and it’s definitely not personal.
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