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Do I need to invite someone who sent a gift?

We have a casual friend who, three weeks out from our wedding, is suddenly being very vocal (via Facebook and through mutual friends) about how excited she is for our wedding. She was inadvertently invited to the shower a couple months back, as she was on the "it would be nice" to invite list, and a shower invite went to her from my soon-to-be-MIL. She RSVP'd that she would be at the shower, and then failed to show up on the day of the shower and never said a word about it. Now, with less than three weeks to go, she has sent a gift and seems to be trying to score an invite. We are having a very small wedding- we made a policy to invite only those people we see and speak to on a regular basis. Do I need to invite this acquaintance? If not, how do we address this?

Re: Do I need to invite someone who sent a gift?

  • Despite the fact that she never should have been invited to the shower in the first place, you don't have to invite her. Just send her a genuine TY note and call it a day. She should know she's not invited. You're three weeks out.

  • No, you don't have to invite her.  Just send a thank you card for the gift.
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  • You don't have to invite her just because she sent a gift, but since she was invited to the shower, I do think you should have invited her.
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