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Kimberly
VIP October 2014

Inviting Someone You Dislike

Kimberly, on February 27, 2014 at 11:39 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 32

I strongly dislike the best man's girlfriend. It would be rude not to allow him a plus one right? But the bridezilla in me does not want her there. Does anyone else feel obligated to have someone you don't like at your wedding?

I strongly dislike the best man's girlfriend. It would be rude not to allow him a plus one right? But the bridezilla in me does not want her there. Does anyone else feel obligated to have someone you don't like at your wedding?

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  • Corina
    Expert September 2013
    Corina ·
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    My sister-in-law. And the day of our wedding she proved why I didn't want to invite her. I'm still bent out of shape of her!

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  • KristenMeowza
    Master October 2014
    KristenMeowza ·
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    Wow @BenNikkiM that is a REALLY bad situation! I hope she leaves him. Sometimes it takes several tries before someone musters up the courage to leave an abusive relationship... :/

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    You gotta.

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    VIP July 2014
    pittielvr ·
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    I disagree with the whole "social unit" idea, we are not inviting most friends/family members dates, unless they are 1.married 2.enaged. 3.also a friend, and they would be invited to the wedding alone. 4. Won't know anyone else at the wedding (so my only cousin who knows just me and my parents is getting a true +1 as she is single, while one of FHs cousins who lives with his girlfriend is not allowed to bring her because there will be 40 other family member for him to socialize with)

    Unless you disallow dates for the remaining bridal party members also, then you should invite him.

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  • Tricia
    Expert April 2014
    Tricia ·
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    I have a major issue with one of the groomsmans girlfriends..but she gets to come. In the grand scheme of things I probably won't even notice she is there!

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    Dedicated May 2015
    FutureMrsLewis ·
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    My FH and I are not inviting his sister's boyfriend. were only inviting his sister and their daughter. My FH cannot even look at him without getting pissed off. ALOT of turmoil in the family because of him. We didnt tell his sister yet. Not sure how it is going to go down. Hoping she will feel better about it if we ask her to if her daughter can be the flower girl. We shall see

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  • Kimberly
    VIP October 2014
    Kimberly ·
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    @ Stephanie, honestly if I was in a wedding party and the bride or groom didn't like my fiancé my feelings would not be hurt if he wasn't invited. I'd be there to support them and bringing someone they don't like isn't much support.

    However I understand that many people may not feel that way. So I'm going to end up inviting her even though I think it'd be rude of her to show up. She knows the way I feel about her.

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  • Mrs.Anna Noble
    VIP July 2016
    Mrs.Anna Noble ·
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    My little sister.she's rude obnoxious,causes drama.she also has bad hygenine and bed hops.the only reason I'm inviting her is because I want my nieces there.

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  • FutureMrs.S
    Expert August 2014
    FutureMrs.S ·
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    Yes! FH's aunt! Ugh. She already said she isn't coming after she got our save the date so I'm hoping she doesn't show up.

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    Just Said Yes May 2016
    Belkys ·
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    My fiancée has invited people I don't like to our wedding. I'm not sure how do I deal with this

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  • Violet
    Just Said Yes April 2020
    Violet ·
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    My fiance wants to invite a girl i cant stand... I told everyone and 9 out of 10 agreed with me ... but that one person made a good point of being the bigger person.. but I just cant say yes to it !!!
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  • Jennifer
    Expert October 2019
    Jennifer ·
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    My meaner instinct is to say that if they're not engaged or living together, (and you're using the same guidelines for all your unmarried guests who's SO isn't also a friend), you don't have to invite them. However, if anyone else is getting to bring their SO you're not super close to, it looks bad, and at the end of the day, not inviting her just creates stress for your FH, with his friend. What you might be able to do, though, discreetly, is let your photographer know you'd rather she not be the subject of a lot of photos (assuming she has some distinguishing feature your photog will recognize).
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