4 Ways to Politely Tell Someone They Are Not Invited to Your Wedding
It’s no secret that weddings bring about a lot of emotions and stress for couples and parents involved. While there is no easy way to disappoint your friends and family that won’t be invited to the event, below are some suggestions to politely inform them that they won’t be receiving an invitation.
Blame it on the venue!
“Our venue has a limited capacity. Although we’d love to invite more people, there simply isn’t enough space,” is a polite way of letting them down easily! And if they question why you chose a venue of that size, explain how you fell in love with it right away. This is your picture perfect dream after all!
It’s an intimate celebration
“Thank you for your well wishes! We are having an intimate celebration limited to close friends and family, but we’d love to get together with you after the wedding.” Emphasize the fact that it’s not a big event that everyone else is invited to except for them. Smaller weddings are in these days!
We’re on a budget…
“Your kind words mean the world to us! Unfortunately, we are limited to a tight budget for the wedding, so we will be sticking to a smaller guest count. We would love to grab dinner with you in the coming weeks instead if you are available!” They may offer to pay their own way for an invitation. In the case that they do, a good response is, “we appreciate your generosity, however, the guest list has already been finalized. We will catch up soon!”
It’s a kid free event!
“We love your kids, however, our budget is limited. For this reason, we won’t be having any children at the wedding. We hope you will still be able to join us and enjoy a date night for yourselves!” If you know the kids well, they may appreciate setting up an outing with the whole family sometime outside of the wedding.
These same lines can be used when guests try to ask for a plus one that is not listed on their invitation. Weddings never hesitate to bring up these awkward situations, so it is best to be prepared ahead of time.