We just got B-listed! In 27 years, I've never actually known someone to B list anyone for their wedding/been B-listed for a wedding, so this is a first for me. And it feels kinda crappy! Little back story.
H's parent's neighbor got engaged a little before we did, and asked H's parents for our new address to send an invite, even asking the correct spelling of my name, along with H's brother, as we all recently moved. This couple did receive an invite to our wedding as well. (not just b/c we thought we were getting invited to their wedding).
About 3 weeks before our wedding, H's parents received their invites to the neighbor's wedding. But not us, or H's brother. After a week, we realized we didn't make the final cut, oh well. No harm, no foul, completely respect budget and having to make cuts. We understood we got cut, as did H's brother.
They come to our wedding, everything's fine. Although H's parent's friend mentions that the couple were receiving a lot more 'no' rsvp's than expected, they weren't sure what they were going to do as they had to pay for a per plate minimum.
Well we got a phone call tonight from H's mom. Apparently the groom-to-be- calls H's mom, not even us,inviting us to their wedding, as we were 'initially on the invite list, but they were short 10 invitations, and it woulda cost them $150 more to make 10 extra invitations, so they thought they'd save the $ and verbally tell those 10 guests'.
Really? Their wedding is in 2.5 weeks. Their invites went out almost 7 weeks ago. Doesn't add up, at all.
So moral of the story- word gets out. Please do not EVER B-list, or anything similar to a B-list, even with real invitations. We were completely fine with not making the cut. Now we feel somewhat offended, as does H's brother and his wife, that we weren't good enough to make the first cut, but we are good enough to 'fill their minimum'.
We all politely declined
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