My friend forwarded my wedding save-the-date and now I'm being pressured to invite someone I didn’t invite.

I’m getting married soon and recently sent out a few save-the-dates. I emailed/sms them individually and clearly mentioned that they were personalized for the recipient. I wasn’t sending them out widely yet because we’re working with a limited guest list and still finalizing numbers.

Well… one of my friends forwarded her save-the-date to another mutual friend.

Now that other friend has started hinting quite pretty directly that they’d like a save-the-date too. They’ve been asking questions about the wedding and implying they should be invited. The awkward part is that they were never on our guest list to begin with.

What frustrates me most is the lack of etiquette from the first friend. Even if you’re friends with someone else, forwarding a personal wedding save-the-date feels like such a breach of basic manners. It literally said it was intended only for the recipient. Now I’m stuck in this uncomfortable position where someone thinks they might be invited when they aren’t.

And honestly, the whole situation makes me want to invite them even less now.

I’m mostly venting because I didn’t expect something like this to become a social problem. Weddings already come with enough stress without navigating situations like this.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? How would you handle it without creating unnecessary drama?