Must we invite someone who gave us an engagement gift?
Hi, My FH and I are planning our wedding in the very near future! We are having a small wedding...as small as possible, given both of our large families (his parents are divorced and my family is very large and close). There will be 150 people there. We are very restricted as to who we can invite and are even having to disclude some of our own friends! Here is our problem: His best friend's long term girlfriend comes from a very wealthy family. When we got engaged, the girlfriend's parents sent us a monetary gift to say Congrats. We really do not want to invite them as we only met them once and do not know them all that well. We feel it would be rude to mail them back their gift but we really feel it is not right to include them as we barely know them and are not inviting some of our friend's parents whom we do know well. What do you advise?
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Re: [brideinwaiting] Must we invite someone who gave us an engagement gift?
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A gift is not a plea for an invitation to the wedding and shouldn't be received in that light. Accept the generous gift, send a thank you note and go about planning the wedding. I doubt they expect to be invited, but rather just want to wish you well. Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
Must we invite someone who gave us an engagement gift?
