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Is it ok to not invite everyone I work with

I know there is a similar post below but our situation is a little different. I am currently working on my save the dates and was thinking of only inviting those who I hang out with outside of work. Is this ok? We are limited on the amount of people we can invite at this point so I cant invite everyone I work with.  I consider these people friends and would like to invite them but dont want to cause any tension at work. What should I do. I would be sending the invites to their homes and not passing them out at work.

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Re: Is it ok to not invite everyone I work with

  • Absolutely okay.  In fact you really ought to only invite coworkers that you have relationships with outside work.  Just ask them to please not discuss the wedding around the office and make sure their invites get sent to their home. 
  • It's perfectly fine to invite only the coworkers you hang out with outside of work, as I'm sure was said in the thread like three down from this one.  
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  • I am going to post in here, since there is no point opening a new thread for something similar....I have colleagues that I want to invite, I get along with them really well and have lunch with them etc. However, I never see them outside of work, I really want to invite these people (with their partners o/c) but I don't know how to go about doing it with out inviting the rest of my colleagues, I was going to invite my entire team until I found out that my supervisor's husband has given me a really inappropriate nickname (think of a p*rn star with the same name as me) and my manager wont do anything about it. 

    If I was discrete about it, is it wrong to not invite some members of my team but invite others?
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_is-it-ok-to-not-invite-everyone-i-work-with?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:b430da69-2ae3-441b-844e-3f03a2c35a9aPost:f74ec62e-7c50-40f9-9bd0-628657da0300">Re: Is it ok to not invite everyone I work with</a>:
    [QUOTE]I am going to post in here, since there is no point opening a new thread for something similar....I have colleagues that I want to invite, I get along with them really well and have lunch with them etc. However, I never see them outside of work, I really want to invite these people (with their partners o/c) but I don't know how to go about doing it with out inviting the rest of my colleagues, I was going to invite my entire team until I found out that my supervisor's husband has given me a really inappropriate nickname (think of a p*rn star with the same name as me) and my manager wont do anything about it.  If I was discrete about it, is it wrong to not invite some members of my team but invite others?
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    <div>Mail their invitations directly to their homes and <em>do not</em> talk wedding at work and it shoul be okay.  If you're truly that much closer to them than to your other colleagues, people will understand.  (And FWIW, I have a close friend at work who I have only hung out with socially outside of work once or twice, and I'm inviting her but no one else.  No one seems to think it's weird.)</div>
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  • As PPs have said, it's OK to only selected co-workers.

    However, you mentioned you are working on Save the Dates.  I wouldn't send them a save the date.  Not everyone invited needs to get one and in 6 months things at work can change.  People leave jobs, new people come in, etc  I would save these spaces in case you need to reduce the guest list as you get closer to the wedding, or have someone you would end up preferring to invite when the time comes.
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