My fiance's aunt (his late mother's sister) is - to put it mildly - without class of any kind. She wouldn't know proper etiquette if it slapped her in the face.
Along those lines, she has a ridiculous and straight-up HORRIBLE habit of bringing obscure or unknown tag-along guests who are just as classless and clueless to any event she's been invited to or involved with.
Our wedding has been no different, much to my distress. She started by texting me to ask me if her friend Lisa could come to our wedding, since "she's been part of our family for twenty years." Before I could even send a response, she sent her friend's address. Her friend is in no way related to this family, and I'm frankly offended she would even use those words to describe this woman.
I was so taken aback by her brashness and audacity at taking it upon herself to invite people not expressly invited by us, the bride and groom that I couldn't trust myself to answer her nicely because, well, MANNERS. TBH I don't feel that a request like that should ever be made, and especially not to the bride.
Here's where it gets even worse. I feel really, really bad, but we had forgotten to send an invite to a cousin of my fiance who has been out-of-touch with them for around a decade due to being incarcerated in another state.
His aunt let me know, and I said of course he was invited. She responds by saying that she would just include him on her response card along with herself and her husband, bringing the count to four.
I had asked her several times over the last month who the fourth person she was responding for was, without an answer. Well, just today she texted me a long thing about another guest and his wife, and buried in that text the name of the fourth person: Lisa. This woman is trying to manipulate me into letting her rachet friend tag along to one of the most important events of our lives.
Oh. Hell. No.
I'm already stressed out - my grandmother passed away suddenly two months ago from a stroke and I was just informed three weeks ago that my company is closing and so I'll be out of a job shortly.
IMHO what she's doing is the epitome of rudeness, and I refuse to answer her. I'm sick of her shit, she pulls this at every single event from toddler birthday parties to her own sister's funeral. Why would she think this is okay to do at an event where every guest has a (large) price tag?
ARRRRRRGH.