She thought it was appropriate to ask for a wedding invitation.
I was taken aback by this request for these reasons: My daughter had only hired her to do a job; my daughter had not invited Work Friend and had never even suggested to me that she wanted to; and my daughter had never met Work Friend before the meeting about the invitations. Along with those things, it was my daughter’s wedding, and it wasn’t my place to weigh in on who was invited.
I only mentioned it to my daughter after the wedding, and she agreed with me that the request was odd. I was left feeling that she really had expected me to step in and make that request of my daughter. What could I have done better?Clearly Work Friend was rude to try to procure an invitation, so your stumbling was warranted. But in her mind, your explanation was rubbing in the fact that Work Friend was not actually Real Friend. And that is why she was insulted.
“Intimate” implies that only guests who intimately know the couple were included, as subjective as that criterion might be.I have a friend who continually brings a potted flower whenever she comes to visit. Although I very much welcome her visits, I have a difficult time caring for plants and I end up struggling to keep them alive — a struggle that I would like to avoid.
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