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"Borrowing" a guest list

Knottie1449788060Knottie1449788060 member
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So Trey's cousin was wed about a year ago, and his brothers wedding is in may: can I ask them to use their existing "his side of the seating chart" guest list... As OURS?! Or is that tantamount to cheating on a his algebra test?
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    thisismynickname2thisismynickname2 member
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    Go for it. Sounds like life will be a lot easier.
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    JediElizabethJediElizabeth member
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    I don't see any problem with that - particularly his brother, who will have pretty much all the same family relations. Two of my friends gave me organizational spreadsheets full of local vendors they checked out and all their notes. This isn't any different.

    Family & friends help each other out. If I do work, I want to give it to my people so they don't have to reinvent the wheel. ;)
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    justsiejustsie member
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    No problems here, in fact, my cousin borrowed mine even though I'm not married yet and they just tied the knot in December. I had already compiled all the names and addresses of family so they asked to borrow it for theirs. 
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    holyguacamole79holyguacamole79 member
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    My brother, sister, and I got married within 18 months of each other. We definitely shared guest lists.




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    charlotte989875charlotte989875 member
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    My sister and I shared lists (and seating charts, and pretty anything else). Why not? Saved her a ton of time and trouble tracking people down.
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    huskypuppy14huskypuppy14 member
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    I used the same list as my sister, she was married the year before I was engaged. It made my life a lot easier.
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    IamnowmrsjmsIamnowmrsjms member
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    Yes, definitely OK.  You don't need to re invent the wheel.

    BIL got married 11 months before us.  We asked him for his side of the guest list, and eliminated his friends, of course. 
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    marsupalamimarsupalami member
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    I took my brothers he got married in September. He got the list from my mom
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    MyNameIsNotMyNameIsNot member
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    Absolutely! It's not a pop quiz. Ask them for their guest lists.

    I started mine with my mom's christmas card list, and my sister started hers from mine. 
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    Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    Sure. If everyone on the list will be invited to your wedding and addresses haven't changed, it should save you a lot of time. You won't need to reinvent the wheel.
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    labrolabro member
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    Definitely go for it. My sister was married the year before me and I just copied her list and updated any addresses that had changed. You might as well save yourself the extra effort of re-gathering all the same addresses all over again.

    I didn't share her seating chart because we had slightly more family attend my wedding than hers so that kind of altered things a bit but I still think it would definitely be helpful to at least ask for it and see it.



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    thefanciestbecklerthefanciestbeckler member
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    Shoot I'd do it in a heartbeat.

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    lovesclimbinglovesclimbing member
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    Definitely. I shared my guest list with my sister. Neither of us had seating charts, but She got a bunch of addresses she didn't have that way.
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    EatDrinkBeWoodsEatDrinkBeWoods member
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    I asked my soon to be sister in law for their list and used that as a basis for ours. I also sent my FI's cousin our completed list to help out too. I don't think it's a top secret type of thing. 
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    Knottie1449788060Knottie1449788060 member
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    Thanks everyone!!
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