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Another etiquette question: Is it expected to invite your partner or significant other to a wedding to which you were invited?
I’ve been w/ my partner (who lives in another state) for more than a year, and I did not invite them to any of the weddings I was invited to this summer. The thought did not even cross my mind.
I casually mentioned this in the lunchroom at work, and the gals with whom I was sitting looked at me like I was beaten and starved puppy b/c my partner isn’t attending the weddings w/ me.
IF your partners name, or “and guest’ is not on the invitation then no you shouldn’t invite them.
You only get to invite your partner if the invitation you received says “and guest.” If it’s only addressed to you, you don’t get to bring a guest, even if that guest is your partner or spouse.
If the invitation says “and guest,” then I would say there’s a presumption that you would probably bring your partner or spouse (assuming you’ve been with this person a while).
This.
Never ever show up with your SO if “and guest” is not written on the invite. They aren’t including them in the headcount.
This.
Never ever show up with your SO if “and guest” is not written on the invite. They aren’t including them in the headcount.
PSA: I have (limp) botticelli (sp?) curls that get really frizzy in the front on humid days. I recently discovered that if I pull back the front pieces when I get out of the shower, and keep the pins in for my commute, my curls are much more defined and less frizzy when I take out the pins in the office. I don’t know what the formal term is for this look, but it’s when you take the front pieces and pin them back with a bobby pin or small barette (sp?). Super helpful, at least in my DC environment.
I think it depends whether the invitation was addressed to you, or to “Neveah and Guest.”
I didn’t even notice! Honestly? I got the invites and thought “Well, sh*t. Now I have to buy a gift.” The people at work, and my parents, are acting like I just violated some social code.
I think it’s expected in the sense that no one is surprised if you bring your SO to a wedding (IF the SO was invited), but it’s not expected in that you didn’t commit some sort of faux pas by not inviting your SO. Some people just don’t like going places without a date or someone else they know, so this is probably where their surprise comes from. Honestly, your friends who are getting married are probably grateful that they don’t have to pay for an extra plate to feed someone they don’t know or don’t know well.
I asked my sig other since he was mentioned on the invites, but given that they were all so far away, he declined, but then did accept that he would accompany me to whichever weddings that he didn’t have to fly to.
Honestly, I don’t mind going alone as they’re often to see/hangout with friends I am close with and he is not.