Bridal Shower & Wedding Inviations
I am in my friends wedding party but she didn`t send me an invite to her shower. I had no idea where she was registered or what time the shower was so I had to ask her. She thought nothing of it saying she didn`t think I needed an invitation
Should I have expected an official invitation and should I expect to get one for the wedding itself?
I thought this was kind of rude considering I am buying her gifts.
Posted by Yvonne; updated 04/10/07
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I have had customers confused about the necessity of sending an invitations to the bridal party members. It can be confusing, and I don`t think someone neglects to send one out of rudeness.
However, a bridal shower is another thing, unless she goes up to you in person and tells you about the bridal shower and lets you know you are invited.
I still say give her the benefit of the doublt. Some people are just don`t know that they are being rude.
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Posted by Viveca; updated 04/19/07
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I don`t think the bride intended to be rude in this situation. It`s easy to think that you`ll save a few dollars and just invite the bridal party verbally. This is a good example of how easy it is to drop the ball with all the other wedding planning going on. It is much better to get enough bridal shower invitations to include the wedding party.
Typically the Bridesmaids plan the bridal shower, so forgetting wouldn`t be the Brides fault. However, I`ve been to showers where the maid of honor neglected to send invitations to out of town members of the bridal party. It`s always a good idea to send the invitations to everyone (even if you are pretty sure they won`t be attending) this will avoid any hurt feelings.
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Posted by Janie; updated 06/27/07
