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Omi Omi
Dedicated May 2017

Dilemma: inviting the former big crush

Omi Omi, on February 26, 2017 at 9:33 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 63

Hi guys so I'm in a little roller coaster moment and would love your opinions. My fiancé and I recently talked and he mentioned that he wanted to invite the girl who was his crush for most of his life to our wedding. At first I was OK with it because I took it to heart as him wanting to show me off...

Hi guys so I'm in a little roller coaster moment and would love your opinions. My fiancé and I recently talked and he mentioned that he wanted to invite the girl who was his crush for most of his life to our wedding. At first I was OK with it because I took it to heart as him wanting to show me off and share his new life with his old friends. But I've been stewing on it a little bit and feeling A little uncomfortable. He said he was inviting people who are a lot less important to him from the past and so it just didn't make sense that he was leaving her off the list, especially because there were all friends in a small town. She is married now and has children, but over the years she does seem to text him and go down memory lane whenever she's lonely. He's hip to it and feels they are in more integrity than ever and can be friends now. She was sort of his unrequited love who he fawned over for years. They never dated but he always was trying to and she kind of broke his heart.Thoughts?

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  • JoRocka
    Master September 2016
    JoRocka ·
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    Why is he inviting people less important than her and she's making the list?

    Your guest list is to damn big of that's the case.

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  • JPCD
    VIP May 2018
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    Nope. Don't do it lol I'd be like eff that.

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  • M
    Dedicated September 2017
    Mandy ·
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    My FH is doing the same thing and I also am not incredibly comfortable with it but that is my own insecurity. She is friends with all his other friends. They all went to school together and it would be strange for him to leave her out. I get the awkwardness of it because I feel it too but I'm also very confident that he loves me and that's the end of it. I'm counting on him being focused on me in our wedding day. I don't think the former crush being there will matter.

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  • Maui K
    VIP May 2017
    Maui K ·
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    If she hasn't been important enough to invite over for dinner, or to a birthday, etc....she shouldn't be invited to the wedding. That's really weird and awkward.

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  • Jane38
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    Jane38 ·
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    NOPE.

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  • HammettUP
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    HammettUP ·
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    Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope. I would shut this shit down so fast.

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  • K
    Just Said Yes April 2018
    Katie ·
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    Nope. Nope. Nope.

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  • Holly
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    Holly ·
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    It's a hard no for me.

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  • S
    Devoted May 2018
    SquirrelsInLove ·
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    This is a tough one. Is there any way you could meet her sometime before the wedding? For me, every time I've felt insecure about another person, meeting them has really helped.

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  • Jacks
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    I feel like for me this would be a no. is this someone you would invite for dinner? if no then no. Also I feel like you're not obliged to meet her. just, why?

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  • Mrs. Coakley
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    Mrs. Coakley ·
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    Nooooooope

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  • GymRat
    Master May 2017
    GymRat ·
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    "He said he was inviting people who are a lot less important to him from the past...."

    HUH?!

    Can you elaborate on that a bit more, because I'm having a hard time understanding this.

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  • WW User
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    Yeah, no.

    I feel like all of us have had this person to an extent - unrequited, unavailable, whatever, "friend," who we text when we're lonely or sad or need our ego stroked.

    But those friendships should go or fizzle away when you find the right person.

    Because they're not really just "friendships" after all. And often times one person has ulterior motives or is just being selfish.

    Tell him how you feel.

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  • MTB
    Master May 2017
    MTB ·
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    Why is she still reaching out to your FH if she's married and he's engaged? That's a big nope, and I'd tell her to back up off your man.

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  • Melissa
    Devoted April 2017
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    I had a similar situation occur when fh and I first began dating... lonely text from a chick and reminiscing ... at first it was fine because many of us have that one person.... but the minute we began getting serious I made it known that it had to atop. It was disrespectful to me as his significant other. Any woman who would lonely text to a man isn't completely innocent in their intentions. They are needing something... maybe not physical but attention, and if the man is involved with another woman that is completely disrespectful to her. There is such a thing of being friends with the opposite sex but when certain feelings were involved at one point or another there is strong possibility that a line could be crossed eventually... it's a absolute no for me regardless of any reasoning behind his motives!

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  • Nikki
    Super September 2017
    Nikki ·
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    Nope nope nope...

    I had someone in my life like that...He was invited to my first wedding and then uninvited.

    Now I'm marrying him. Sooooooo

    Yeah.

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  • Mermaid
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    Mermaid ·
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    Why on Earth would he want to invite her? I'd definitely be questioning his feelings for her. That's so sketchy.

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    Devoted July 2017
    Tia ·
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    Thats a big No-No..

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  • Ashley
    Dedicated March 2018
    Ashley ·
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    Why are you both even inviting people that you aren't close with?

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  • RosieOutlook
    Expert October 2017
    RosieOutlook ·
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    You're describing the plot of a movie where the bride gets left and the crush walks away with your man.

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