My colleague invited me to a wedding, then kicked me out before the reception

Sarah drove eight hours to attend the wedding for her work friend, but felt rejected when she was told to leave after the ceremony. 

When *Sarah’s invitation to her colleague’s wedding arrived in the mail, she began organising the eight-hour drive to the venue. 

It was the first wedding she’d attended other than a family member, so she was beyond excited to be invited. 

Living in the UK, she and another invited colleague drove up to a B&B in Scotland, where she met the owner of the house, who kindly offered to drive her to the venue as there were no taxis available.

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Sarah was mortified when she was told to leave the wedding. Source: iStock

“Always read the wedding invitation small print”

On the day of the wedding, Sarah and her colleague were soaking it all up. 

“The wedding ceremony was so lovely, with Celtic hand tying and a candle ceremony,” she told Reddit. 

“We take pictures of the bride, mingle with other guests and get on the transport to the reception where the dinner would be.”

Strangely, though, when she got to the reception venue and checked her table seat, her brows furrowed. 

Where was her name? She eyed the list like a hawk, searching for her place to sit. 

Nothing. 

Not long after, the Master of Ceremonies wandered over and asked Sarah and her colleague for their invitations. After looking them over, the man had choice words for the guests.

“He flatly states we were only invited to the church and evening drinks and that we need to leave,” she said, gobsmacked. “It was in tiny small print that our invite wasn’t for the meal.”

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The pair were humiliated, to say the least, slipping away from the venue as quietly as possible so they wouldn’t be noticed. 

After finding a “local greasy spoon” for a feed, they returned to the B&B to freshen up. 

That’s when they explained the situation to the owner, who drove them to the venue. “The lady was furious and [tried] to feed us up, bless her,” Sarah said. “We actually got told off for not calling her!”

At 7pm and in a fit of rage, the woman drove Sarah and her colleague back to the wedding venue. “By this point, everyone at the venue was sloppy drunk as they’d been drinking for five hours.” 

That was the moment Sarah and her colleague realised they were the only ones not invited to the reception. 

“Neither my colleague nor I had realised we weren’t included in the whole event,” she said. 

To make matters worse, the bride later “let it slip” that she only invited Sarah and her colleague because her boss told her it would be the “polite” thing to do. 

“We had thought we were friends with her,” heartbroken Sarah wrote. 

They spent roughly three hours there before leaving again and having drinks at a local pub. 

“We had ended up having a fun night because of the locals,” she recalled. “They really did save the day in more ways than one.” 

To sum it up, Sarah gave Reddit some sound advice: “Always read the wedding invitation small print.” 

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“How cheeky to not feed your guests!”

The Reddit community were justifiably shocked by the story and wondered how anyone could fathom uninviting two people from the wedding, labelling the move as “intolerably rude.” 

“It is just rude to invite a person to the morning and the evening part but NOT the eating part,” someone wrote. “Either you invite them to all or only evening. This grinds my gears!”

“My cousin did that,” another wrote. “We still talk about how inconsiderate it was years later, so much that when my fiancé and I decided on an afternoon ceremony, that was one of the reasons.”

“I wouldn’t have returned for the evening,” added a third. “How cheeky to not feed your guests!”

Others branded the bride’s move as “tacky” and “disgraceful”.

“Why go to such lengths to exclude you two from dinner?” someone asked. 

“I can't even imagine inviting people to a wedding so far away and not including them in the meal?” another questioned. 

“Glad it turned into a really memorable experience for you with the B&B host and the locals - probably more fun than the wedding itself!”

*Names have been changed

Originally published as My colleague invited me to a wedding, then kicked me out before the reception