Late invites - rude or okay?

Pretty rude, listen to your instincts on this one.

People are going to tell you no but I did it for a couple of people. If no one knows the invites went out already and when and you leave them enough time to rsvp I don't see the problem

It's rude and like @novak said at this point it's so last minute that it would be super obvious.

No, it's too close to your wedding to invite more people.

I think it's rude. Don't do it, it's going to sound like they were second tier no matter how you word it.

Super rude

Rude especially since you are less than a month out.

Yea if it was over a month away I might consider it but this is too close and it will be obvious that they were thought of last minute

Yes, it's rude. How would you feel if you were invited to someone's wedding less than a month before? It's 21 days away and they'll receive them probably like 16-18 days before. Everyone knows wedding invites go out much sooner than that and they'll see the original RSVP date and know they were a last minute invite. Please don't do this.

No. This is called B-listing, and is incredibly rude.

AC, you're very wrong. B-listers often find out they were B-listed and it can easily cause a relationship to deteriorate, because it's like telling your guests that they were only invited to fill a seat and bring a gift in replacement of someone that couldn't come.

Please don't.

THANK YOU ALL! Now I can prove I was right haha

We were invited to a wedding days before the wedding. I didn't want to go because I felt it was rude, and almost embarrassing that we didn't make the cut first round. But it was at some fancy golf course that Wayne Gretzky golfs at so FH wanted to go... But I would have rather not got the invite! I wouldn't invite people so close to the wedding.

Its rude. Think of the money your saving.

Yep you were right!

I wouldn't do it

PPs have it covered, its rude. Use the extra money you have now to offer a better bar or better food at your reception.

I have a general question to go off of this situation - say her venue had a minimum (ex. she had to pay for 120 people whether they showed up or not) is there anyway to do this? I'm just curious, I agree B listing is rude and shouldn't be the plan, but in a case where the RSVPs drop below the minimum and you can't spend the money somewhere else/save the money, is there a way to do this?

ETA: the answer may be no I'm just thinking if there was a minimum and she thought she was safe inviting 230 if the minimum was 120, and it dropped below that I'd be upset at having to spend money for empty seats.

I gotta admit we invited like 3 additional locals, but it wasn't considered "late" for a wedding invitation, so I think we got away with it.

By now, it would definitely be too late to invite anyone without them realizing they're B-listed!

@brieliz luckily our venue/catering/etc. didn't have a minimum! So we are good to go and are just saving money overall, which is great. I think that's a tough question though...I wouldn't choose a venue that had a minimum like that (especially after going through this and having it drop significantly...), but I think you just have to know your guest list and really be methodical about inviting!

Yes. It's rude. If you really wanted them to be a part of your day, you would have invited them when the invitations went out.