Threadless

tiphaine
tiphaine aka Christina is a 34.64 year old girl, has been a member since January 30, 2006, has scored 4,679 submissions, giving an average score of 2.22, helping 188 designs get printed.
Alumni Club Member
Update:

My bf emailed his buddy and I am now officially on the guest list. Hells yes! Thanks again to everyone who offered sage advice :)

----

So I'm in a sticky situation that I'm kind of at a loss to resolve. I figured I'd see if anyody here could help me out of this quagmire.

One of my boyfriend's close friends is getting married (on the other side of the country, if that matters.) The bf and I have been living together for a couple months and have been serious for over a year and a half. We don't really travel separately. We don't spend a lot of time apart.

You can guess where this is going, right? I wasn't invited to the wedding, either by name or as an "and guest." Now, from what I can tell, this was a breach of etiquette on their part — if a couple is living together, engaged, or married, you pretty much invite them as a pair or not at all. Also, Emily Post says that, if the hosts find out about my existence, they have to extend an invitation to me. On the other hand, it's totally tacky for me to bring this to their attention. Sadly Emily Post is dead so I can't ask her in person what I'm supposed to do then.

Thoughts? Solutions?

squintygirl
squintygirl on Aug 24 '07 at 2:02pm
You should be invited as a couple, that was incredibly rude. You may feel uncomfortable about bringing this to the engaged couple's attention, but your BF certainly should.
wotto
   wotto on Aug 24 '07 at 2:05pm
ur BF should sort this and of ur not invited he shouldnt go. out of principal.
skafiend007
skafiend007 on Aug 24 '07 at 2:06pm
Are you sure the person doing the inviting knew that you two were a couple? since you said this is his best friend, I'm going to assume they knew. While this may have only been done as a cost-cutting move (maybe they can only afford to have a certain number of people), your boyfriend should still call and ask if you can come. If they can't make allowances, he shouldn't go. but you shouldn't stop him from going. let it be his decision. he'll probably do the right thing.
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Aug 24 '07 at 2:07pm
Oh, that's good to hear. We had pretty much resigned ourselves to traveling together and me just entertaining myself while he was at the wedding. He did want to bring it up to his friend, but I talked him out of it. That certainly would be the easiest solution :)



FWIW, this guy and my BF have been out of touch for a while, so it's likely he didn't know about me or forgot about me and this was an oversight on their part.
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Aug 24 '07 at 2:09pm
Yeah, they were super close in high school but are now at the sometimes-email stage of the friendship.
sugarless
sugarless on Aug 24 '07 at 2:10pm
i agree.. just have your bf talk to them, im sure it wont be a big deal.
mezo
   mezo on Aug 24 '07 at 2:11pm
What jackasses! You should get them something extra appropriate for their wedding gift. Might I suggest something from www.sendaturd.com?
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Aug 24 '07 at 2:15pm
Ahh, www.sendaturd.com, the old standby.
mllesatine
mllesatine on Aug 24 '07 at 10:53pm
Two of my cousins invited me to their weddings, and in both cases, they tacked me (sans guest) onto my parents' invite! This is despite knowing that I no longer live at home AND have a boyfriend.
pony23
pony23 on Aug 24 '07 at 11:02pm
weddings are tricky things.. they cost a packet and sometimes people go with a minimal guest lists to save money. I agree that it isnt nice to be left off the invite and does seem a bit rude, but if his friends dont really know you, dont now you exist, or dont know you are important to "their" friend then you wont get an invite. instead of "should you be invited" maybe a more important question to ask is why dont they know about you?





pony23
pony23 on Aug 24 '07 at 11:05pm
yes.. stirring up trouble is fun
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Aug 25 '07 at 8:06am
mllesatine, that sucks!



pony23, as I mentioned, my bf and this guy are at the occasional email stage. They lived together in high school, and this wedding is also functioning as sort of a reunion for the old housemates. So, no, I don't there's anything sinister about this guy forgetting me.



Also, I understand weddings are expensive and people pare their guest lists down accordingly, but Emily Post says it's wrong, y'all. Emiy Post! Just because she's dead doesn't mean you should fuck with her.
ladykat
ladykat on Aug 25 '07 at 8:11am
Yeah, your bf should definitely ask about whether he could bring you.



When we invited people to our wedding, we made sure to invite any longterm (more than a few weeks, basically) or clearly serious significant others.



But you don't always know everyone's relationship status - one of our friends (who we adore, but don't see/talk to all that much) was in a relationship and we didn't realize. She asked about bringing her boyfriend and we said of course! And apologized for the oversight.
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Aug 25 '07 at 8:22am
Lovely! Thanks everybody! I shall talk him back into asking (since I already talked him out of it... oops.)
spires
   spires on Aug 25 '07 at 8:27am
It could be just a innocent oversight. Weddings are daunting, from what I gather. Your BF should give them a hint, like send them a link to your flickr of you guys together or something.
9 days later
tiphaine
   tiphaine on Sep 03 '07 at 3:45pm
Woohoo! I'm a-goin to LA!
You must be logged in to leave a comment.

Check me out, I got printed!



My gallery photos


My designs


All about me

Shirts I own:
As The World Turns
Canada Owes Me
No, you can't come... You are a mere pawn
Pillow Fight
HI
Magical Powers!
Buster Brown
Good Blood, Bad Hands
Original Sin
Midwest
Fake Pandas Have More Fun
Doing The Things A Particle Can
Nineteen Seventy Five
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Mama's Boy
Face Basics
Day Of Reckoning
Fish and Water
Bicycle Race
More! More! More!
Spill the Light
Bacteria