“Crazy to Go, Awkward Not to” ... The Bride on My Coworker’s Wedding Invitation Is My Ex-Girlfriend [What Do You Think?] [What Do You Think?]

[Financial News] An office worker’s story has gone viral online: the bride-to-be on a wedding invitation from a coworker turned out to be an ex-girlfriend they had dated for several years.

On the 2nd, a post titled “My coworker’s bride-to-be is my ex-girlfriend” appeared on Remember, an anonymous online community for office workers.
The author, identified as A, began, “I got a wedding invitation from a coworker, and the bride’s name sounded familiar, so at first I thought it was someone else with the same name.” But when A opened the mobile invitation to check the photo, just in case, A was shocked. The bride-to-be in the photo was A’s ex-girlfriend, whom A had dated for more than three years.
A said, “It’s been about two years since we broke up, but I can still picture her face clearly,” and admitted, “She hasn’t changed; she’s even prettier than when I knew her.”
The problem is the tangled web of relationships. A has been at the current company for just over a year and has never told the ex-girlfriend about the job change. In other words, neither the coworker who is the groom-to-be nor the ex-girlfriend who is the bride-to-be has any idea that A works at the same company.
A said, “It weighs on me not to attend the wedding of a coworker I see every day, but going to an ex’s wedding also seems crazy.” What’s more, because A had been in a relationship with the ex-girlfriend for more than three years, A knows her parents and acquaintances, too, so the possibility of running into them at the wedding can’t be ruled out. A shared these mixed feelings: “I’m thinking of making up an excuse that I have a prior commitment, but part of me is also curious about how much prettier my ex-girlfriend has become and whether she’s doing well.”

Most netizens who read the story firmly advised A not to attend.
Netizens pointed out, “I feel sorry for the coworker. She’s going to be someone else’s wife, and it’s inappropriate even to wonder how much prettier she’s become,” “If you go to the wedding and happen to run into parents from either family or acquaintances, it could lead to needless misunderstandings,” and “The best thing for everyone is to just send a cash wedding gift or make a suitable excuse and not attend.”
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