So I was visiting a couple of friends in a different city. One of them asked me, in person and point blank, if they were getting an invitation to my wedding (no one else was around). I was caught off guard and just said "yeah" which, in retrospect, was pretty stupid because now they obviously expect an invitation. They got all excited and started looking up plane tickets etc. but after spending the weekend with this friend I realized why I don't see them more often -- they are really annoying to be around! Like I'm sorry but they talk way too much and I can't deal with that. Like, nonstop stream of consciousness with random noises sprinkled throughout. There might not be anything wrong with this in and of itself but we clearly have very different communication preferences. I kinda forgot this aspect because we usually only keep in touch online (this is actually the case for me for most of my friends -- I move around a lot). We've known each other for almost 10 years but have only seen each other a few times because of geographical reasons (but have kept in touch online).
I do feel bad that I'm considering this, but it was only a verbal invitation, initiated by the friend, so I don't know if that binds me to actually send a STD. One good thing is that we haven't finalized our venue or date yet (we will at the end of the month), so I could make something up about how the venue will only accommodate so many people so we've had to make difficult decisions about the guest list and don't take it personally. If you think that this makes me a crappy friend, I'll own up to that, but I just wanna know if other people have been in similar situations and how they dealt with it.
