They mean well but that doesn't excuse the Fail.

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Last week I received yet another wedding invitation addressed to "Blah Blah and Guest." *sigh* Obviously there's still some schooling that needs to be done.

So for those of you getting married, now or in the future, lemme drop a little knowledge on you care of tasty_bread who is my etiquette guru.

tasty_bread: Mastering envelope etiquette is, I'll admit, one of the biggest challenges of wedding planning, so I'm inclined to forgive in some cases, but "& Guest" is for people who are currently dating someone for under a year. Single people do not get "& Guest", they get carefully placed at tables with mutual friends of theirs, cool people who share their interests, and/or other singles to ease any possible social anxiety and possibly get them laid.

We all clear now? I won't be receiving any more of these awkward & shaming invitations? Great. Thanks.

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Hi, so I was kind of lurking here, but I know I've seen your sn on a few of my other friend's or fandom's postings before... basically sorry if this is totally out of left field.

I know how you feel with the whole awkward and guest invite, but I also know that a lot of the times people do that because it makes me people feel more secure bringing some they know to a wedding rather than being forced to interact with people they don't know (this is true for non family weddings of course). For example, when my work friend got married, I brought my friend with me who is also female because other than one or two other co-workers I knew no one at the wedding.

I asked beforehand if it was okay that my "guest" was obviously not my date and she said of course that's why the offer was made. Sometimes I think people do to make things less awkward, but it just doesn't work out that way lol.