Weddings

[johnckirk]

A couple of weeks ago I went to a wedding: that went well, with a heartfelt ceremony, and I was impressed by some of the unique touches (e.g. Warhammer figures on the cake).

Over on Twitter, Debretts recently said:

Under no circumstances should a guest be invited to the wedding ceremony but not the reception. bit.ly/zD6e6I #weddingwednesday
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Comments

[elvum]

There are always exceptions, but in general you are very unlikely to offend people by inviting them to both the ceremony and the reception, and quite likely to offend them if you just invite them to the ceremony. That's the reason for the "rule", which still applies even if you're one of the exceptions to it. :-)

(Some people think that it's acceptable to have a "reception" and a separate "evening party", and to invite some people just to the latter - you may deduce my opinion on the subject from the absence of this distinction at my wedding...)