Anyone invited coworkers? Regrets

We are inviting about 15-20 people combined that are or were our co-workers in the past couple years. They are the ones were are closest to and feel have made an impact in our lives

We are not inviting co-workers. We don't have a social relationship with them outside work.

We are inviting people who we see on a regular basis outside of work.

View Quoted Comment Do you see them outside of work?

I work with 12 other people and we do things together outside work. I invited the whole firm and of course their spouse/SO. 4 of them came with their spouse. We had a blast and I have no regrets inviting them.

The only co-workers I'm inviting are those that FH and I have spent time with outside of work. If we haven't, then we're not inviting them.

I invited all of my coworkers and their spouses. 23 coworkers. Not a single regret. They were all there from the day I got engaged through my wedding planning and happy for me in the end. I loved not having to keep wedding stuff out of the work place or feeling ashamed after I got back with tales of the day. I let them chose if they wanted to come and all but 2 did.

View Quoted Comment Did the declines make it awkward ?

I work in a small family business, not all family but we are all close enough to be considered as family. Every one is invited, unless they are new and not very close.

View Quoted Comment No, it didn't. I didn't take it personally. One had another wedding to go to and another had family obligations. I was more diappointed in family members who did not come.

I am definitely inviting some, and hoping I can invite more. I mean one of my coworkers just took home the outfit's FH and I plan on wearing for engagement pictures to iron them for me. Oh and it's actually her dress lol. I don't own an iron. My boss will be super sad if I don't invite him and was offended at first when I mentioned engagement party, but it wasn't a real party just a dinner and it was only bridal party and my mom that I was allowed to invite on my side since his mom threw it mostly for his aunt with ALS who may not still be around for the wedding.

I only work with one other woman (plus her spouse) and I invited her. I do work with doctors 3x a week but didnt invite them. That would've been awkward for me.

Does past coworkers count? I'm inviting three from my last job that I'm friends with. One is actually my bridesmaid. I'm not inviting any current coworkers as we're not friends outside of work let alone at work. It really depends on your relationship and closeness.

My fiance invited his co-workers, they're like a second family to him, might even be more loving then his actual family. BUT he received an amazing job offer recently (wasn't even looking for a job but an old friend contacted him) and ended up leaving the company, so they technically aren't his co-workers anymore. Luckily he is maintaining the relationship with them and many of them are still "saving our date." So ultimately he's glad he invited them because they mean a lot to him, but there are a few that he only invited in order to not leave them out, and now that he doesn't work there anymore he kinda wishes he didn't invite like 2 of the people, but it's not a big deal.

No, I work in a school and there are too many people to include. If I saw them socially then yes but I don't, so no. We have to cap at fifty so this decision is easy for us. FH is inviting his boss and wife though - I am cool with that.

No and I'm glad I didn't. I really adore quite a few of my co-workers but one or two left the job for a new one early in my engagement and we didn't stay in touch.

As much as I enjoy some of my co-workers I really don't see them outside of work so if they get a new job six months before my wedding it was would be weird to have them there after almost no contact!

View Quoted Comment Out of the 20, we see about 15 of them outside of work. For example we invited my fh old manager, but because he was his manager he couldn't hang out with him outside of work but we are still close with his manager

I am inviting about 5 coworkers and their SOs. I do not work directly with them anymore, but we regularly hang out outside of work and I would consider them friends I met through work rather than coworkers.

I thought about inviting my mentee because we were friends in college, but if I invite her I should also invite my other mentee, and then my team lead, then probably the other guys in my cube... and at that point I'm inviting half my work group but not the other so I should invite them all, then I'm up 30 people that I don't really want there because I don't want to exclude people. I explained this to her and another friend from college that I work with and they get it.

I forgot to mention: FH is inviting a lot of his coworkers, but he's a firefighter so the dynamic is very different. They literally depend on each other for their lives, and they see some stuff that he can never talk about with me because I won't understand. He's inviting people from his old department, his current work group, and some of the guys he went to the fire academy with. It's a lot of people but they are his brothers and sisters, and with them our aides are basically even with family and other friends.

I am inviting 3 coworkers and their spouses. I am very close with all 3, although I only hang out with one outside of work and that's really only on lunch breaks. They have listened to every planning detail since I got engaged. One of them is helping me with my flowers and I just like them so much I would be sad to come into work after the wedding and have to tell them about it rather than have them be there for the experience. We have gotten very close over the years we've worked together and talk about our personal lives. I see them more than I see most of my friends so I think it will be great to include them in the day.