Please help!
Our wedding is next weekend - one week away. My fiance called me tonight to tell me that one of his friends just today told him that her ex-sister-in-law wants to come to our wedding (and bring her 10 year old daughter). He says he'd like to tell her she can come to the ceremony and is asking me whether we can accommodate her (and the daughter) there and at the reception. He says that although they have been out of touch for a while (I think it must be at least 2-3 years), he thinks this is a nice way to get back in touch. He's sort of leaving it up to me. I think it's pretty bad form to ask your ex-relative to ask a groom you haven't even spoken with in at least two years if you and your daughter can attend their wedding. This aside, I am sure that we could make the room to have them attend. We have each made some last minute invites, so this is not really the issue. Our last minute invites were people we had regretted not originally inviting. This woman is someone I haven't even thought about for a very long time. I've only met her maybe a couple of times. I wasn't even sure how close my fiance felt to her, so I had to ask whether he even felt friends with her at the time they were in the same circle. He says he did feel friends then. When I did know her, I remember not even really liking her (remember - she is the kind of person who invites herself to someone's wedding that she hasn't been in contact with for at least two years and barely knows the bride). My question is what's the polite thing to do - should we invite her? And if so, to the ceremony only or to both (they are in different locations). I kind of have the feeling that he may be leaning towards inviting her but I would really rather not. How awkward!