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Emily
Devoted February 2013

Do I invite our cake baker?

Emily, on August 22, 2012 at 10:52 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4

At the moment, I'm working as a server at a chain restaurant. I've been there for almost a year, and while I'm friends with most of my co-workers and I enjoy working with them, I'm not really planning on inviting any of them to my wedding, because there are a LOT of them, like 40 or 50 people. We're trying to keep it smallish, and just with family and close friends we're pushing our limits.

The thing is, one of my coworkers has offered more than once to make my wedding cake. She loves to bake, the cookies and cake she brings into work are delicious, and I'm sure she'd do a fabulous job. My FH says that if I have her make my cake, I should definitely invite her to the wedding. I don't want to invite her, her husband, and maybe her three children, then not invite anyone else that I work with, but I don't want to seem unappreciative, either. I'd be more than willing to pay her, if she'd accept it, but is that tacky? I haven't said yes or no yet, but I'm not sure what to do.

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Latest activity by Carole M (a.k.a "old tart"), on August 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM
  • Elizabeth
    Super September 2012
    Elizabeth ·
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    You are under no obligation to invite your baker/co-worker and/or other co-workers. Furthermore, if you do decide to invite her, you do not have to invite her children.

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  • Emmy Nae
    VIP October 2013
    Emmy Nae ·
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    I agree with Elizabeth. You can just invite her and her husband.

    Side note- This totaly made me think of "How I met your Mother" where he meets the girl at the wedding buttercup and she owns buttercup bakery and baked the wedding cake.

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  • krisalicious
    Master April 2012
    krisalicious ·
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    Not tacky, she's basically becoming a vendor.

    Seems like your FH is thinking she's offering to do WR stuff out of personal interest in you/your wedding - she might just be offering b/c she wants experience baking for a wedding.

    I wouldn't read too much into it and I don't think you have to invite her. If you go that route I'd just make sure you treat it like any other vendor relationship and set up a contract or payment expectations so she's going into it feeling like a vendor. I would want to do that anyway since she's a coworker and if you guys have issues around the cake it could get awkward for you at work.

    If you do hire her, you could send her a nice thank you note after the fact or take her and her H to dinner. That might be nice.

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  • Carole M (a.k.a "old tart")
    Master October 2011
    Carole M (a.k.a "old tart") ·
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    I would also pay her for it and keep the relationship as a vendor.

    I agree with Kris, just send her a nice thank you card.

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