Inviting college friends that you only keep up with on Facebook.

lassielibby

What do you guys think is appropriate? I have a few friends that are from college, some of them I only had one class with, but we still keep in regular touch via facebook. I think I would consider them friends and they'd be a blast to have at our special day. Is it weird to invite them???

michellemayawheeler

Social media can count if they have been in your everday lives and you want them to be part of special day.

AddieCake

Personally, I find it a little odd to invite someone you're only friends with via FB. If you don't visit me, or even call me, send me Christmas and birthday cards, etc, I would be wondering why I got invited to your wedding. 

libby2483

We have a group of about 15 friends from college that we are still really close with and a make a point to see several times a year.  In fact, we're all going on a camping trip together this weekend.  Those are the people that were invited to our wedding.  People from college that are more casual friends and that we don't make a point to see on a regular basis were not invited.  So, personally, I didn't invite people I only keep in Facebook contact with.

ashleyep

I think it depends on your relationships in general and how you interact with friends. I don't send holiday or birthdays cards to anyone and I only have a few friends that I actually call and just chat with. Facebook is a major form of communication for me, so if it's someone that I haven't seen in awhile but that was important to me and I still keep in touch with, then yeah I'd probably invite them. 

I have a few of those on my guest list. They're friends that I haven't seen in a year or two - but not for lack of trying. We don't live very close to each other and have tough schedules so it's been hard to make plans. But I've invited them to birthdays parties (over facebook) in the past, so it's not like we haven't even tried.

itzMS

DH & I each have some high school and college friends that it doesn't matter how often you see each other...you're still friends. It's really obvious who those people are, though, and there was never a question that we'd invite them.

It wasn't the people we had one class with...it was the people we were roommates with, went to countless parties with, etc.

silver0319

itzMS said:

DH & I each have some high school and college friends that it doesn't matter how often you see each other...you're still friends. It's really obvious who those people are, though, and there was never a question that we'd invite them.

It wasn't the people we had one class with...it was the people we were roommates with, went to countless parties with, etc.

Ditto

MayDay513

lassielibby said:

What do you guys think is appropriate? I have a few friends that are from college, some of them I only had one class with, but we still keep in regular touch via facebook. I think I would consider them friends and they'd be a blast to have at our special day. Is it weird to invite them???

I don't know much about your wedding, budget, or guest list. Part of me thinks if you have to ask then you shouldn't invite them. What do you mean keep in touch on Facebook? Like you "like" each other's photos, I wouldn't in that case. But if you guys are like messaging all the time, updating each other etc, Have you hung out with them outside of school and college? If yes, then I would possibly invite. If no, then why are you not making the effort to hang out for happy hour but to invite them to your wedding?