Hi, just wondering if anyone is in the same boat and what they did. I am making my invitations now, ready to go out probably with my christmas cards. Or maybe a bit earlier as our venue is an hour away and people are coming from all over so some will need to book accommodation. Some of my friends have been single till very recently and I have not even met their partners yet. I don't know what the rule is to inviting friends partners. Should they be together for a certain amount of time? I am inviting some partners of my friends as they don't know many of the wedding partners but to invite many people who I've not even met it could get expensive x x
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
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we sent ours out end of February 7 months before so that our guests didn't book holidays and i was sick of looking at the invites lol we only invited day guests partners if we had met them and also if we have seen them within a year, its a hard decision to make but my cousins OH isn't invited as she is with her family so she isn't on her own and i've not met him
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CommentAuthorsussie
im inviting only longstanding partners, ie been together for ages. any new relationships will only be invited to the evening, the only exception will be mil2b is she finds someone between now and then
CommentAuthorStinky87
i am not inviting plus ones for people that i dont know especially to the day im paying £55 a head so i cant afford it i would rather have more people i want there than not being able to invite them becuase i have paid for the plus ones. They will get evening invites which i think is reasonalbe.
CommentAuthorKarenB9
I think i am lucky as all of our friends have partners so not an issue however one of my nephews and a brother did not have partners at the time of invite being sent so i hand delivered those invites and told them that they would not get a plus one if they met any one now.
if i was unsure i just put partner, my cousin and his girl are forever falling out, lol, im going to send my out middle of November do you think thats 2 earlie???xxx
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CommentAuthorAmyP7
Yeah it's a hard one to decide and we are paying nearly £100 per head so for someone I dont know it is a lot of money. Think I will just invite partners if they have been together a while. Thanks x x
CommentAuthorAmyP7
No I think I might be sending mine out around then to, or maybe beginning of December and then you can get a final head count and we also need people to book accommodation if they are staying x x
CommentAuthorPrincess2be
I will just b inviting friends partners to the evening if they end up meeting someone before wedding. Sounds a bit tight but everything has been budgeted for. x
CommentAuthorAmyP7
That's a really good idea, think I will be doing that to. I just can't afford or justify spending all that money on people I've never met x x
CommentAuthorSam
I think the only rule is that you invite people based on your budget. I know people that only invited partners if they are married or living together. I know others only invited partners if they were coming from distance. 100 quid is a lot for a stranger.
CommentAuthorShelleyM46
i wont b payin for people i ant even met stuff that its expencive feeding every1 as it is lol. i think its up 2 u id do it as people who hav been together a while n maby rest l8r x
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CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I've got a few friends who are not bringing their partners, mainly because I've never met them before. It's a group of my uni friends and my very good friend at uni who now lives on the mainland, but have only met her partner once, he is coming, and so is another uni friend's partner as met him a few times. Otherwise, it's just them. Like you say it can get costly.
