10 People You’ll Probably Regret Inviting To Your Wedding

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Solidifying your guest list can be one of the more stressful aspects of planning a wedding. After all, most wedding venues charge by the plate, and the cost per plate can run anywhere from $27 to $150 per guest. So while your initial guest list may have included everyone and their mama, reality and your budget may have forced you to chisel away at those names a bit.

While having to make those necessary cuts to the guest list can make you feel bad and maybe even a bit uncomfortable, take solace in the fact that many of the people who have been or will be removed from your guest list probably didn’t deserve to be there in the first place. Take NeNe Leakes and Cynthia Bailey, for example. The rocky relationship between the two women is well-documented. Still, Bailey chose to extend an invitation to Leakes for her October wedding anyway. Leakes, of course, did not show and when asked why she was not in attendance, the former reality star shared that she chose to skip the wedding because she didn’t feel that attending would benefit her in any way.

“I was invited to the wedding, I think Cynthia even publicly came out and said she invited me to the wedding. I chose not to go to the wedding,” Leakes recently confessed in a series of Instagram videos. “Listen, I’m very happy for her. I was with her when she took her first date out here in Atlanta with Mike Hill. I was there, I was the third wheel. I wish them nothing but happiness. I’m in a different place in my life where I just didn’t think going to her wedding was going to benefit me in any kind of way.”

Her comments were particularly absurd because choosing to be present for someone’s wedding isn’t about you and how you will benefit, but rather it is about sending love and support to the bride and groom. However, they were particularly revelatory in regard to those wedding guest lists and the folks that we feel obligated to have present on that special day. So since we’re on the subject, here are 10 more types of folks you’ll probably regret inviting to your wedding.

The fairweather friend

Engagements, pregnancies, graduations, and other positive milestones have a way of bringing friends and acquaintances out of the woodwork. And while it’s fine that people want to celebrate with you, it’s also important to be mindful of the people who are only around when you’re up and doing well, but always seem to make themselves scarce during hard times like the death of a loved one and stints of unemployment.

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The hater

Sadly, haters come n the form of co-workers, friends, and even family. You may feel tempted to invite the hater to your wedding because you don’t want to single them out by excluding them when everyone else around them has been invited. However, you really have to ask yourself why you would want someone who does not wish you well to be present for one of the most special days of your life.

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The hypercritical folks

Some people are never happy. They will always find something to complain about and they have a tendency to pick others apart for sport. These are the folks who are bold enough to attend a wedding and criticize the bride and groom while simultaneously drinking the beverages and eating the food that you so graciously paid for.

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The self-centered people

We all know people who manage to make everything about them. Your wedding day won’t be any different. These are usually the folks who will either annoy everyone by constantly talking about themselves or find something to be offended about and end up upsetting everyone during what is supposed to be a joyous occasion.

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The friends of convenience

It may sound harsh, but we’ve all formed a friendship of convenience at some point. You know, those friendships that are only sustained by the fact that you live in the same building, work for the same employer or attend the same school. However, once you move away, change jobs, or graduate, those friendships typically end, and or you rarely hear from those folks again.

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The flake

Sometimesy folks don’t magically get consistent just because you’re about to experience a major life event. If she ghosts you on a regular basis or frequently cancels plans at the last minute, there’s a good chance that she will pull a no-show on your wedding day after she already RSVP’d, confirming her attendance.

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The Petty Patty

Petty folks are petty all day long and your wedding day won’t be any different. You’ll probably find them making snide remarks, sowing discord among your guests, and making people uncomfortable. And not that it matters all that much, but these are the folks who probably won’t even bring a gift.

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The person who guilts you into inviting them

Any time that you are planning a wedding, you’ll have those folks who will drop hints about wanting an invitation. More often than not, these are people whom you didn’t plan on inviting anyway. A lot of times, we allow ourselves to be guilted into inviting these people only to regret it later. For these folks, being able to say that they were invited is more important than attending the actual wedding, which means after doing all of that, they’ll turn around and not even show up the day of the wedding.

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The frenemy

A frenemy is a person who parades around pretending to be a friend but in reality, she is a rival. Frenemies don’t really care for you, but they subscribe to the ideology that it’s best to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Honestly, do you really want someone present on your wedding day whose loyalty you have to question? Probably not.