Does No STD = No Invitation?

CharityH30

We'll be sending invitations soon for our August wedding.  Do you think it will look rude of me to invite someone who did not receive a save the date a few months ago? 

I believe that A lists and B lists are rude, but do people expect/understand that there will be some guest list editing and re-editing before final invitations are sent out?  I'm not cutting anyone that did receive a save the date.  I just didn't send them to everyone that we wanted to invite as we weren't sure of the venue capacity yet.  If a particular party knows we sent STDs but didn't receive one, should I contact them prior to sending the invitations to explain that there may have been confusion, but they are invited?

Thank you for any advice.

Meg1036

Not rude.  A STD -> invitation, but not the other way around.

No need to call them and explain anything.  Send them an invitation.  They'll understand they're invited.

cengle

I think you're fine. I wouldn't really worry about it. Sounds to me like you went about this the right way. STDs aren't necessary.

hlq2011

Nope.  STDs aren't required.

StacyJenniges

I did not send a STD to everyone I am inviting as well.  I only sent STD to family and my friends and FI's friends. 

Dayna3773

Nope, you're in the clear.  I only sent them to people we knew would be invited for sure, or those from out of town that we wanted to give plenty of advance notice. 

CharityH30

Thanks!

firsttimersluck

STD's are really only a polite thing to do for the people that are out of town so that they have time to make travel plans, so they aren't required.

We sent them out to family and friends, but not to my FI's work buddies. We're then going to send out our invites a little earlier so we get an idea of the number we are looking at, so we then know how many invites we can send to his work (he is in the military so there are a LOT of people to choose from.. so we don't want to offend them by having a work A list and work B list.. better to do all at once :P )

JJLR

Besides, you can always claim that the STDs seem to have gotten lost in the mail... 

mica178

STDs are not mandatory at all.  It's fine to send an invitation to people who did not receive an STD.  Just make sure you send an invitation to everyone who received an STD.

discordiasa

Perfectly fine to send an invitaion to some one who did not get a save the date.
we are only sending save the dates to people out of state, so they have longer to plan for travel.