Advice about inviting coworkers

So I had a dozen coworkers and I'm rly only close to a handful but I felt bad if I only invited those handful when I had room for all so I just took the approach of all or nothing. If your team is large though it's ok to only have the close ones. If your team is small I'd just invite them all. But it also depends on how much space you have.

A good rule of thumb is if you don’t socialize outside of work you don’t need to extend an invitation. If you want to invite everyone that would be a lovely inclusive gesture, but you’re absolutely not obligated to.

I plan to officially invite my two managers/bosses and the one other co-worker that I work closely with. Once it gets closer to the date and if I have available space, I plan to ask others in my office, just more informally. I think they understand that I have a limit to my space and guest list.

I would say invite who you want. I struggled with this as well, and only invited the 4 people I am closest with. They were all aware of who was invited. I used to have a desk/cube area (4 cubes combined) to myself and in recent weeks one of my coworkers who was not invited now sits behind me. I always feel bad when some of the ones that were come over and ask me about it. I know if he had been invited he wouldn’t attend, but still feel bad when others bring it up.

I'm a strong believer in invite who you want to invite. If you're not that close to them...you are not obligated to invite anyone. Just my 2 cents lol

I only invited a few that I actually see outside of work. I didn't even invite my boss. And then, they threw me a surprise bridal shower! I felt bad for not inviting them, but I am very limited.