'My entitled in-laws invited their own guests to my wedding without telling me'
A bride has been left outraged after her in-laws invited their own guests to her wedding without first asking permission. She explained how she'd never met the 10 extra people they invited to her big day - and didn't know about their 'invitations' until the reception.
Speaking on Reddit, she said the extra people were not even relatives of the in-laws, just random friends, but instead of turning them away, her husband's best man and groomsmen managed to find them a folding table and chairs, as there was no places set out for them in the reception hall – but they had to wait to be the last allowed at the buffet.
The woman said: "I married my husband last weekend after about a year of planning. The ceremony went off perfectly even with kids in the church. The only hitch was that my in-laws invited about 10 extra people without telling us. It wasn't until the reception that there were issues. There was no seating for them. Our best man and groomsmen found a folding table and chairs for them to sit at. There was food, we went with a buffet, but since we sent the tables to eat by number and they didn't have a number they were sent last after everything had been picked over.
"My in-laws were embarrassed that their friends were being treated that way. I, very politely, asked them what they expected when they invited people without telling the people planning and paying for the wedding? They said we needed to go apologise for their treatment. I said I would but I would also explain that they had not actually been invited. If they wanted their guests told anything else then they had to go explain. They are upset with me. My husband has my back 100 percent. I think I could have been more gracious but I also think it should not have fallen on us to deal with it."
There was no doubts in the minds of her fellow users of the site that she had done the right thing, with one saying: "The 10 extra people knew very well that they didn't receive Save the Date cards or an invitation actually inviting them. The accommodations you pulled together at the last minute pretty much said – you weren't invited, we weren't expecting you, please confer with Mr and Mrs Rude In-laws."
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"Yeah I would like to think those extra guests were probably embarrassed being there and aren’t mad at you, but more p****d at the in-laws for saying they were invited when clearly they got there and that wasn’t the case," and another said: "Not the a*****e, you played this whole dumb game absolutely correctly. I’d have done the same thing. 'Ok in-laws, but if I go over there I’m going to say I’m sorry we weren’t prepared for you but in-laws invited you on their own without even mentioning it to us so we didn’t know you were coming. Good thing we found a table and decided to go buffet style instead of ordering meals per person! Thanks for coming, enjoy!"
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