Guest of a Guest

Anne Chertoff, writer of From "I Will" to "I Do" suggests these simple guidelines for deciding whether or not to allow "+1".

• If someone is married both the husband and wife are invited, even if you don’t like the spouse.
• If a couple is living together, because they are dating—not just roommates— then you invite both of them and you put both of their names on the invitation.
• You can decide your own “rule” regarding friends who are dating someone. Many couples use the six-month rule: If a couple has been dating (not living together) for six months or more they both get invited to the wedding.
  

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Making Sure the Guests Coordinate too

This article from The New York Times highlights a new trend in wedding coordination -- mandating a color scheme dress code for guests. Most often, the invitation will request something suited to the theme of the wedding such "light colors" or "dark colors" or "festival brights". In some cases, the invitation requested that guests not to wear a certain color which is reserved for the bride or bridesmaids.

10 Questions to Help Trim Down Your Guest List

Pulled from CNN by IDoSugar, here are 10 questions to help trim down that long list of people you're wondering if you should invite to your wedding by seeing how close they are to you. The writer suggests that a score of less than 50% denies an invitation, a score of 50% puts you on the waiting list, and 60% and up are in.

1. Name the city I'm living in now.
2. Name at least two of my closest friends.
3. Name my current employer and my past employer.
4. Do I have any kids?
5. Do you know the name of my fiancé? Bonus question: Where and when did we meet?
6. Do you know where my parents are and whether they are still alive?
7. Name at least two of my hobbies.
8. How old am I?
9. Where did I go to college?
10. Name my last boyfriend before this engagement. Bonus question: if you can name the last two and why we broke up. If you get the bonus question right, that might automatically get you in.

I would really love to see my friends' answers to these; So, if you get a chance, email your answers to me!