I have a (single) friend who a few months ago asked me if she could have a plus one for our wedding. I explained sorry, we're not really doing plus ones, as we have quite a few single guests, and if we gave everyone plus ones, we would either be way over budget or have to cut out people who we want to invite. She said oh I understand, don't be sorry!
About a month ago, she began talking about a guy she was seeing, and was referring to him as her "significant other." I was of course going to invite him if they were in a relationship, so asked for his name to put on the invitation. She said they weren't at that stage yet, but she would let me know. About a week later, she said she was no longer seeing this guy.
We sent out our invitations a couple of days ago, and her invitation was addressed only to her. Last night, she posts a status on Facebook that says, "So my friends are getting married in June and I need a date! Contenders??"
Seriously? Am I insane for thinking this is incredibly rude? Yes, I know one extra person really will not make a difference in our day, however the fact that she had already asked me and I told her we weren't giving out plus ones (and her invitation is addressed to only her) really irritates me. She also knows at least 15-20 people who will also be at the wedding, so it is not like she will be alone not knowing anyone.
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ETA: Is she a very close friend? Because after dishonesty and shenanigans like this, she shouldn't be a friend much longer. Like, did she not think you would see her status?
OP, please let us know how this works out. I'm curious (hopeful!) to know if she's actually invited to two weddings.
She is not an extremely close friend, and I'd say she is more of a friend of FIs than mine. He texted her after seeing this status, and said "Hey I know there's a possibility you may be talking about a different wedding with your status, but just in case, I wanted to let you know unfortunately with our numbers and budget, we are not able to offer plus ones." She responded with something along the lines of "Oh so I'm gonna be alone... X friend (her closest friend who is also invited to the wedding) is bringing her boyfriend who you guys don't even know though?" FI explained to her that we are inviting all SOs, and as X friend has a SO, he is invited. Didn't get a response to this text.
This isn't really the first time we've had similar issues with this girl. When I first got engaged, she asked me if she could be a bridesmaid (and as I've said, I'm not extremely close with her and at that point had only known her a few months) which made for a very awkward conversation. I don't think she is a bad person or means anything by any of these things, but I think she is more just very unaware of social norms and etiquette.
Obviously not comparable, Friend does seem clueless.
That is definitely frustrating for you OP. If Friend brings it up again, or if she RSVPs with someone, let FI handle her and repeat what you've already said regarding SOs vs. "guests".
exactly what I was going to say while reading this.
I'll say that it's generally best to apply any rule in a uniform way.
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So, the few single cousins who knew 50 other people at the wedding, or the few single college friends who were part of a big group of college friends who all knew each other didn't get plus ones. But if we had a single coworker friend who wouldn't really know anyone else, she would get a plus one. Or if there was one friend we knew would have to rent a hotel room otherwise by herself, she would get a plus one.
Like anything, I think it's best to do it in circles.