This isn't a question, just a rant that many of you can probably relate to. WHY do people think it's ok to invite themselves to your wedding, or try to force you to invite other people?!? We are having a medium-sized wedding (80 people) and want to be surrounded only by those we love dearly and see often, and we are paying for this 100% our damn selves. And yet this keeps happening:
- Old college friend who I talk to only via Faceboo and have no intention of inviting: "When's your wedding? I hope I can make it, let me know!"
- FFIL: "I'm going to call Old Uncle So-and-So [whom FI has never even met] and tell them about the wedding...What do you mean you're not inviting them? You have to. And they'll definitely come."
- FMIL: "I'm going to invite my Old Friend So-and-So to your shower. Oh, so she has to be invited to the wedding to be invited to the shower? Well, that's silly, but I guess you'll just have to invite her to the wedding then."
We're handling these on a case-by-case basis, but I am so annoyed. Where do people learn their manners?