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Ideal_Rock
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I''m not sure what the proper etiquette is for this and wondered if what I''m planning on doing sounds appropriate. Since we''re eloping, I will be sending out formal Wedding Announcements - basically like an invitation but it simply announces our marriage with date, place, etc. I was only planning on sending them to those people that I would have invited, had I had an actual wedding & reception (close friends, close family, family friends I''ve known for years, etc.). Does that sounds about right? For example, I have step siblings that I''ve met exactly once (they''ve been my step siblings for about 5 years only), we dont keep in touch and have no real relationship other than me hearing the occasional thing about them via my father''s wife. I have nothing against them but I wouldn''t invite them to my wedding if I''d had one since it would have been only people I know well, and a smaller group, at that. Is this permissible? I really have no contact with these people and they also have had children while we''ve been step-related and I do not receive baby announcements from them. And we do not exchange cards for any occasions, etc. I''m at a loss with the step-relative thing mainly because I do not in any way want them to feel obligated to feel they should send a card or gift and I feel like they might think that if suddenly I send them a wedding announcement. Thoughts?