I got a hand delivered wedding invitation last night for a wedding that happened 3 months ago. It was a lace wrapped burlap tied with twine invitation.
Back in the summer Bride gave the invitation to a mutual friend that was coming to BC for a business trip and meeting up with me for dinner one night. Mutual friend wasn't invited to the wedding. The business trip was cancelled. Mutual friend tried to give the invitation back to bride but bride said she didn't want it back so mutual friend either needed to deliver it on her next business trip or mail it herself. Mutual friend gave me the invitation details via email per my request and delivered it last night because she was finally in town.
The invitation was the most useless wedding invitation I have ever seen. It said the date and time of the ceremony. Location was "At the home of Groom's Parents" with no address. No reception information, not even "reception to follow". No RSVP deadline, card, mailing address, email address, phone number or wedding website for RSVPs.
I don't know what the proper etiquette is for this situation, but the way it was set up seemed wrong to me.
They had "FOB and the late MOB invite you to the wedding of their daughter Bride to Groom".
MOB passed away many years ago and FOB has been remarried for 5-6 years now. I understand wanting to mention MOB but it seemed like a snub to SMOB that she wasn't mentioned, particularly if FOB is hosting the wedding and I would presume hosting with his current wife.
Re: Invitation snark
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I'm on mobile go ahead and click the links
(Seriously though...what the actual fuck?)
What is WRONG with people? On what planet does that make sense?
Formerly martha1818
This! How awkward to hand an invitation to a friend that's not invited and ask them to deliver it to someone who is.
Amen!
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
Oh the levels and levels of stupidity and fuckery. . .I'm getting heartburn.
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
In case you weren't aware, you are single. I am tacky. And you are single. And I'm not single. I got married. Look at me. I'm married. And you are still single. I want everybody here to know that you are all losers who can't convince a man to 'put a ring on it'." Then I want you all to fight and tussle and hopefully fall over yourselves to wrangle for the honor of catching my bouquet. Because you're single. And I'm not. Nah nah na boo boo. Suck it!"
I'm with Lolo on the whole being invited to an event by a deceased person. That was horrible wording and probably offensive to those who knew the deceased.
And the bouquet thing? Oh hell no. I was recently a guest at a wedding for the first time since my divorce and just happened to be out on the patio (big glass windows looking into the reception) during the bouquet toss. Someone suggested we go back inside and my genius instincts that someone would be an asshole and encourage me to go onto the dance floor for it made me stay outside. Later, the MOH came up to me in front of a large group of mutual friends and said she had been looking everywhere for me for the bouquet toss. And where was I? Really? What fucking planet are you from that you think that would be something to seek me out over and encourage me to do. I flat out told her that I'm glad she couldn't find me because that would have been an absolutely horrible experience for me in a pretty firm tone with a deadpan face.