A former best friend (Bride) got married to a close friend (Groom). We all used to go to HS together.
We went to a private academy that only admitted 30 students into my graduating class and 60 into the graduating class immediately after ours. I, along with a majority of other class fellows, had a sibling in said junior class. We were all friends/friendly acquaintances and our parents are acquainted. The invitation that came was addressed to just my parents. So Friday came and my parents attended the wedding. Every single class fellow from my year and the year below was there with the exception of my brother and I. Honestly, I didn't mind. Their guest list, their choice. But others minded??? I'm still in touch with most of that group. I began receiving messages calling me out for being too pretentious to attend, baffling over my etiquette faux pas, and just questioning how I could be so arrogant and rude. Of course, most were worded more politely. And most of the people asking likely didn't know I wasn't invited. Plus, I'm quite introverted and have been known to avoid gatherings. So I can see why they'd make the assumptions they made. And then the bride herself messaged me about how nice my presence would've been, blah blah. Now, with all of these folk, I didn't really address it with other than formalities (although I was tempted to respond to the bride with, "You should have invited me, then"). But then the bride's BFF, who addressed the invitations went in on me. She left aggressive audio messages and called me about a dozen times complaining about how I should have come and talking about how they're all side eyeing me. I just said, "The invitation said Dr. & Mrs. so I gathered I wasn't invited." Then she went berserk! She went on about how space was limited and that they had to make choices with the guest list and so on. But that's what I'd said to her earlier?? I told her as much, excused myself, and hung up. Then the bride's bridesmaids (all girls from the friend group) messaged me to ask if they are invited to my upcoming wedding. Now, I've only called a scattered handful of the group as they're people I'm actively in contact with. The groom is one, so obviously the bride is, too. But I hadn't invited these girls. Certainly not the BFF. I don't want to. I told them that with the space, we unfortunately had to limit the invitations we extended. But now I'm getting so much stink eye and passive aggressiveness. It's so dumb to me???
So please, share with me an immature wedding related story and we can have a chuckle about how unnecessary some people are.