Seriously?

puokgirl

I had a party at my house on Sunday with lots of drinking and music.  Tons of fun.  Either way, one of our friends brought some girl we hadn't met before along with him.  It's not a problem normally, but then she said:

"You two are so cute together.  Can I come to your wedding?"

I'd been drinking so I was a bit more honest than I'd normally be.  So I responded:

:"If I can't invite people I actually know, why on earth would I invite you?"

I don't know if she was trying to be funny, but it fell flat with me...

LarissaAnn

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_seriously-4?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:39afbeab-0f91-49ac-8637-1d6d36888658Post:9480838f-49a5-44ae-a4f6-564d6db033ad">Re: Seriously?</a>:
[QUOTE]I dont know why people are always clamoring to be invited to weddings. You have to find nice clothes, spend an entire afternoon and evening devoted to it (some of which is really boring), pay for a gift... I just dont see why people who dont really know the couple would want to go. Maybe I dont get weddings?
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]
I've always loved being an "and guest" at weddings... the invited guest buys the gift, I get to dress up, go to a party, and dance.  How is that not fun?  Plus, wedding ceremonies are sweet.<div>
</div><div>My friend Jake agrees with me too, so it's not just a girl thing - we were each other's "and guests" for years.  I think that's the one thing that disappointed him when I got married.</div>

goheels05

This is funny to me.

I was at national tax training a few years ago, and when we were drinking in the hotel bars one of my coworkers drunkenly agreed to let another one of our coworkers, who we don't like, come to her wedding.  The next morning she was all "Heels, omg I think I invited Alisha to my wedding last night.  FML what am I going to do?"

fangsiting

Maybe she was just drunk.  I tend to say stupid things when I'm wasted.  I wouldn't take a drunken request for a wedding invite seriously. 

L-Bride

This is sort of like what happened to me on Saturday. My good friend said he wanted to bring this guy he's been dating. He said to me "I get to bring a date right?" I have never met this guy and they aren't serious. He said that he would think that HE should get a date because him and I are good friends. FI and I told him no and that we were sick of people being rude and asking this question.

 We are having a fairly large wedding and most people ARE getting dates because most of the people have SOs. My single friends aren't getting dates because we can't fit their dates in our venue. Plus, the people who aren't given dates are very good friends with everyone there. It's not as if they will feel awkward and won't know anyone. I mean I really do wish we could give everyone a date so when I'm confronted about this it makes me feel like an ahole.

Liz4444

maybe she was trying to hint to your friend that she wanted to be his "and guest"? 

puokgirl

I'm not worried about this chick so much as annoyed that she tried to invite herself.  I hadn't yet had complete strangers try that one.  I was just embarrassed that I had been so curt with her. Even when I've been drinking I'm not usually that mean.  She didn't seem to take offense though - hugs all around, phone number exchanges and FB friend requests.

My friend did say that if he didn't have a girlfriend by our wedding, he'd have her along as his +1.