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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Are you inviting your co-workers?

Lynnie, on September 5, 2017 at 13:05 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 13

Figuring out your guest list is hard enough, and things get even more confusing when you start thinking about co-workers! You spend a lot of time with them, and the more you talk about wedding planning at work, the more awkward the guest list decision may feel!

Are you inviting any of your co-workers to your wedding? Do you have a "rule", or are you inviting everyone? What about your boss?

 

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For more guest list advice, check out Wedding Guest List Etiquette and How to Scale Back the Guest List for Your Wedding !

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Latest activity by Jen, on September 12, 2017 at 09:06
  • Jen
    VIP June 2018 Ontario
    Jen ·
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    We are inviting older coworkers (nobody from our current jobs) as we were closer to them than we are at our new jobs. We both just recently started working these jobs (him in April and myself in June) so we haven't really made very great relationships with people yet, at least not strong enough to invite them to our wedding.

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  • Ap2017
    Super September 2017 Ontario
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    This was a tricky one for us. The job that I had when we originally got engaged, the people I worked with couldn't travel to our venue (I live in CA and worked in the US). About 5 months before the wedding, I switched to a new job, so I didn't end up inviting anyone I work with. My fiance invited a few coworkers, though.

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  • Natalie
    Frequent user June 2018 Ontario
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    This has been the hardest decision for me! We are having a small wedding (80 people) and I want to invite my boss and 2 coworkers that I'm super close to - I consider them great friends - but I'm also considering one of my coordinators since we're very close and she has helped quite a bit with my wedding planning. The problem is that I have 3 coordinators (I'm their direct boss) and it feels wrong to invite one but not the others. Especially because one of the others I've worked with for 9 years! But it also feels wrong to not include the one that I'm closest with. Our numbers don't allow me to invite all three. Do I invite just the one and not worry about it? Invite none of them? Help!
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  • Maegan
    Super July 2018 British Columbia
    Maegan ·
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    Yes i will! I work with 5 guys including my boss and we are all pretty close. Excited to have them and their families come Smiley smile My FH will not be inviting anybody from his work.
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  • N
    Curious June 2018 British Columbia
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    We are restricted to the number of ppl we can have at the reception for the dinner, so we are inviting everyone we want to the ceremony, and then to going to do an after the dinner dance party invite, as I have way too many co-workers to invite to everything. I've put on our website an explanation as to why they may not receive an invite to the dinner, but asked them to consider attending the after party. Dinner is for family and close friends, then open to co-workers for after the dinner. To hard to decide who to invite to dinner and to dance only, we didn't want to offend anyone at our works, so we kept them to the after the dinner dance.


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  • Tiffany
    Devoted October 2017 Ontario
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    Invited all of my co-workers and my boss ! (only 6 people + spouses) I work in a small dental office - and one of those jobs you work directly with your boss inches away every day!

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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
    Erin ·
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    Nope. None of our co-workers will be there.
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  • Chelsea
    Master August 2017 Ontario
    Chelsea ·
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    I invited some of my past co-workers, as I quit my job just before my wedding. I am friends with some of them outside of work, and they probably know more about me than some of my own family because I spend a lot of time with them!

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  • Melinda
    Devoted September 2017 Ontario
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    I didn't but I sort of wish that I did. In all honesty, they probably know more personal things about me than many other people in my life! But we wanted a small wedding and it really starts to add up with each co-worker and their spouse. I work with a big group of people and I didn't feel right about inviting only some and not others, so I decided on none. My wedding is 2 weeks away and I'm kind of sad that some of them won't be there!

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  • Lesley
    Super September 2017 Manitoba
    Lesley ·
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    Not my current coworkers. I don't spend time with them outside of work hours.
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  • Sasha
    Super October 2017 Ontario
    Sasha ·
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    Not my current co-workers because they're all awful lol but I invited my ex-co-workers from our old job that we got laid-off from a few years ago. We have become good friends and still hangout once a month so I just had to invite them!
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  • Erin
    Expert September 2017 Ontario
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    Yes, I invited all of my co-workers on my team, 4 people plus their significant others. Only 1, my manager actually, can make it, but I feel like I see these people everyday, and so I wanted to invite them. My fiance felt the same way, and so he invited his entire office, which is 8 people plus their significant others (small workplace)!

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  • Carol
    Super March 2018 Ontario
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    Yes a few of them. Only time I get to meet their wives.
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