Is it ok to not invite a friend's husband?

A couple (married, engaged, or dating) is considered a social unit and they must be invited to an event as a pair. It is considered bride to invite half of a couple to a wedding.

They may very well all decide to attend without their SOs, but that is a choice each couple should make, not have made for them.

Etiquette would always say to invite the significant others. It is rude to invite just one. If they prefer to come without, that is their choice.

If you're inviting that whole group of girls i think its fine. If you are only inviting one girl then have her husband come.

Oops, silly autocorrect. That should say "it is considered rude," not "it is considered bride."

Definitely invite them with their SOs.

You do realize that nowadays 16 is mom-aged right?? Any person with a working reproductive system that has sex and gets pregnant is mom-aged.

You do need to invite partners and spouses. I would skip inviting coworkers altogether and this alleviates the issue.

It's super rude to only invite one half of a couple, especially one who is married. You want these people to come celebrate your relationship, but you won't acknowledge theirs?

If they really don't bring their husbands to weddings that they attend together, it won't be a problem to invite them, since they won't come.

Thanks everyone! I figured inviting spouses would be the thing to do.

What exactly is mom-aged?

View Quoted Comment My thought exactly, lol!

HA! Mom-aged. Yes, you need to invite the spouses.

Don't split a social unit. Married, dating, committed, ect... Those groups you invite together.

Then don't use that format on your invites. I know it sounds super angry feminist but I dread the days that letters will be addressed to me and my husband but completely eliminate my name from the letter. I'm my own person, you know? Invite them as "Bob & Linda Smith" or something along those lines. If your friends from work mutually decide to go alone and make it a work-related event for themselves, that's fine.