A bride-to-be has expressed her fury after a family friend added an extra guest to her RSVP invitation without asking first.
In a post shared on Facebook, the bride posted a photo of the guest’s RSVP card, in which the bride had allocated four seats to her friend and family members.
However, upon receiving the response, the bride noticed that the guest had added “+baby” in pink pen above the “4” that had been written by the bride.
Under the dietary requirements, the guest also added, “Don’t worry about (her husband) having celiac disease.” He will eat before the wedding – and baby will eat off my plate.
In her Facebook post, the enraged bride lashed out at the guest, writing: “Anyone else dealing with ridiculous RSVPs? I guess I should have been more clear, but as a reminder, this is a family friend on my fiancé’s side.
Bride-to-be was shocked when family friend added ‘+baby’ to wedding RSVP (pictured)
“She has children by three different men, including her current husband. So I asked her how many she thought were coming and she said four, including her one-year-old baby,” the bride continued.
“She only told me about herself, a daughter (from her previous relationship), her current husband and the daughter they have together. So I gave him four (seats).
The bride was frustrated after seeing the guest’s sneaky move.
“She included her husband’s child from a previous relationship and since I don’t even know her husband well enough for HIS someone else’s child to come,” the bride said.
“She never told me that the child was with them. I’m just bored.
“I know most places and venues don’t consider anything less than two a ‘seat’ or counted in the count, but I think about it anyway. Just bored. I can’t do anything now.
Many shared advice on how they would handle the situation.
“I would call that guest to make it very clear who is invited. The bride is not wrong to do this, the guest is wrong to assume there is room for everyone she wants to bring,” one wrote.
Sharing an image on Facebook, the bride was stunned and wrote: “Anyone else dealing with ridiculous RSVPs? I guess I should have been clearer, but for a story, he’s a family friend on my fiance’s side’ (stock image)
“Overall, I would always have a conversation with your fiancé and talk to him. It’s disrespectful and rude to do this,” said another.
However, others were on the invited side.
“Yeah, if you invite the family, you invite the whole family. If you didn’t want kids there you should have said so,” one wrote.
“It’s not a marriage without children, and it would be very mean to take in all but one of the children in this family. Seriously nasty,” added another.
“When the bride first called, it was an open invitation. So the guest has lost the spirit of that. Taking it back now would be rude, especially given the reasoning! This child is part of the family just like the other children.
“I assume she addressed the envelope to the family and if so, the whole family is invited. I would find it weird to say, ‘All your children except this one are invited, because how dare you have a blended family,” said another.
One encouraged the bride to tell her guest that only four spots were available.
“You should contact her directly to explain the child policy. She may assume that because her other children were invited everything would be fine,” one said.
“I think if you call her to clear things up and are honest and kind about it, she has no reason to be upset. I always respect the wishes of the bride and groom when it comes to weddings without children.
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