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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Are you inviting people you've never met?

Lynnie, on April 30, 2018 at 4:46 PM

Posted in Planning 56

Time to spill about your guest list decisions and who made the cut !! Whether they are your parents' new friends or your fiance(é)'s family friend... inevitably someone you've never met before will be added to the suggested guest list! Are you inviting any people you've never met to your wedding?...

Time to spill about your guest list decisions and who made the cut !!

Whether they are your parents' new friends or your fiance(é)'s family friend... inevitably someone you've never met before will be added to the suggested guest list! Are you inviting any people you've never met to your wedding? How did you handle these guest list suggestions?

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56 Comments

  • AQuixoticBride
    VIP July 2018
    AQuixoticBride ·
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    There are friends of FH coming that I have never met because they live far away from us, but he still feels close to them. I have family members and a former coworker coming that he's never met. There will probably be a few plus ones neither of us has met.
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  • KarenO
    Master June 2018
    KarenO ·
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    Yes, mostly his dad's/stepmom's friends. He has met most of them, but not all (or, if he has, he doesn't remember them all). FH also invited one couple that I haven't met before, and neither one of us have met his one groomsmen's girlfriend. Or, I think we met her once, but I don't really remember her.

    FH has met most people on my side, mainly thanks for us attending an out-of-state wedding last year on my dad's side. Pretty much everyone else he has met at my parents' parties and BBQs throughout the years.

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  • N
    Devoted June 2019
    Natalie ·
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    I think I know and have met every one on our guest list, with the exception of maybe one or two of FH's old friends.

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  • M
    Super October 2018
    Michelle ·
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    Nope. Everyone we both know. The person we have known for the shortest time is my brother's wife (8 years). Not counting family, the shorter time knowing a guest would be 12 years.
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  • Vanessasaurus
    VIP June 2019
    Vanessasaurus ·
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    I believe at this point, we have both met everyone on the other's side. I think our engagement party helped me put together who everyone is, and gave FH the opportunity to meet some of my dad's side we see less often.

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  • Mmssecrets
    Devoted March 2019
    Mmssecrets ·
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    I give a strong resounding NO.
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  • Danielle K
    VIP June 2019
    Danielle K ·
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    Neither of our sets of parents contributed financially to the wedding so no one but him or I get to add to the guest list.

    our list is so small there won't even be people from my side he does not know or vise versa.

    we are allowing a couple people to have plus ones so they may be the only unknowns

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  • EllieRose
    Expert February 2020
    EllieRose ·
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    Not unless they are a significant other of someone!
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  • Allie
    Super September 2018
    Allie ·
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    Nope! Keeping it simple! We wanted people close to US to celebrate US! lol

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  • Mrscolón
    Super September 2019
    Mrscolón ·
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    There will be at least 20 people invited that I have never met from my FH's family, mainly his father's side.

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  • Amanda
    Savvy April 2023
    Amanda ·
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    He has met a good amount of people from my family but not everyone yet. I haven't met some of the old friends he's inviting. So, yeah, but no one on our own sides of the families.

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  • Andrea
    Master January 2021
    Andrea ·
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    Nope, on our guest list, we're acquainted/related to our family/friends. Will all the guests know each other? No, but we know all of them, and that's cool with us.

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  • Jenay
    Dedicated October 2024
    Jenay ·
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    There may be a few people that he hasn't met like some of my old friends that moved away but I still stay in contact with.

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  • Adara
    Devoted October 2019
    Adara ·
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    Maybe some of Fh family I haven't met.
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  • Alex
    Savvy July 2020
    Alex ·
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    My dad asked me to invite a few people that I probably met once when I was a preteen. The only person I've never met is one of those friends' wives.

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  • J
    Master October 2022
    Jana ·
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    No. If one of us doesn't know them, they don't make the list. That is taking into account that we obviously have family/friends the other has not met yet. But not inviting randoms to please parents.
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