Invited To The Shower But Not The Wedding

Am I wrong to be offended about being invited to a wedding shower but not the wedding? This is not a small "family" wedding but one with several hundred guests. Many people I know were invited to the shower but not the wedding. It just seems like they are saying you are good enough to give them a gift at the shower but not good enough to be seen at the wedding. Any opinions??
Posted by AnnoyedGuest; updated 10/11/06

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You are not wrong for being offended. If they had their maximum of guests that they could afford at the wedding. Then they shouldn`t have invited those to the shower either. Maybe that was there way of letting you have some part in the celebration. Then on the other hand. Would you have rather them not have invited you at all? Would that have been worse? Did you even get invited to the reception? Maybe they just didn`t have it in their budget to have anymore guests?
Posted by Barbara; updated 10/11/06

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Perhaps there was a mail problem with your wedding invite. You should call one of the parents, or a wedding party member and ask. My stepson had some of his invitations eaten by the post office stamping machine and he had around 20 people that they had to mail out invites to again.
Posted by janet bartels; updated 11/05/06