I heard this and thought of E.

lyndausvi

One of our  male friends is being setup on a blind date TONIGHT.  For the wedding.  She does not know the bride or groom.

Awkward.

The B&G do not care and thinks it's funny.  

Beachy730

I don't think it's too bad, but it could be awkward if they don't get along and then she doesn't know anyone at the wedding.  

lyndausvi

 I was more thinking about the people so do not want people they do not know at the wedding.     They would be pissed.

Beachy730

But how is that any different really than giving someone a guest and they bring a random date that you've never met?  We had a couple guests that neither of us had met until the wedding, but I didn't think anything of it since we gave them free choice of who to bring.  

lyndausvi

Oh I agree. I had a bunch of people I had not met before.  

I'm just thinking of all the people who do not allow random guests.

I'm glad my friends are the more the merrier group.

Beachy730

Ok, I gotcha now.  I was thinking you meant there shouldn't be any strangers there, and that's what threw me off.  Yeah I totally would be fine with it too, but we know how many posters don't think any random strangers should be there.

kellyjellybelly

My mom's cousin who I hadn't seen since I was about 10 was supposed to come to my wedding.  I kept looking for the random person I didn't know at my little wedding.  Unfortunately he didn't end up coming.  I kept referring to him as 'mystery guest'

lyndausvi

i had a few mystery guests.

One was this 6+foot, bald-headed, very good looking black guy.  My family short and white, so he kind of stuck out.

He was the boyfriend of the daughter of a guy that works under DH.   Understand that one??

He had a  BLAST.  He is in a ton of pictures and danced the night away with my family and some of the older women in DH's side.

Never did find out his name.

Beachy730

We only had 1 random "guest" that we had never met.  But we had a group of 8 people that H and I didn't know.  It was 4 guys and their spouses, and my dad and gone hunting and fishing with these guys since before my parents were even married (like 35 years).  I have met the 1 guy before, but that was it.