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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How do I reject a wedding invitation without causing offence?

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

Q. I have just been invited to a wedding where the groom will be the only person I know. Much as I like the groom, I don’t really want to go, because the wedding is on New Year’s Eve, in Glasgow. However, he has asked me so far in advance that I can’t think of a reason to say no.

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