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Wedding invitation handed to colleagues found in office bin on the same day

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • An employee preparing for his wedding said he found one of the invitations he had handed out in his workplace’s trash bin.
  • He said the discovery made him wonder whether someone disliked him or whether he had done something wrong.
  • Online users discussed whether wedding invitations should be discarded immediately, with some saying they keep them until after the ceremony.

An employee preparing for his wedding said he felt crushed after finding an invitation he had distributed to colleagues in the office trash on the same day.

I saw my wedding invitation in the company trash on the very day I handed them out, before the wedding had even taken place.

· The employeeHe described finding the invitation in his workplace’s trash after distributing it to colleagues.

He wrote on an online community that he had even treated colleagues to a meal before handing out the invitations. “I saw my wedding invitation in the company trash on the very day I handed them out, before the wedding had even taken place,” he said.

I keep them at home and throw them away after the wedding because I don’t want the person whose invitation it is to see their own invitation being discarded.

· The employeeHe explained how he handles invitations after receiving them.

The invitation had no envelope, so he could not tell who had thrown it away. He said the discovery left him wondering whether someone secretly disliked him or whether he had done something wrong.

Seeing the discarded invitation felt like my heart suddenly dropped.

· The employeeHe described his emotional reaction to finding the invitation in the bin.

He added that he takes discarded invitations home and throws them away himself after the wedding, because he hopes the person whose name is on the invitation will never see it being discarded. The incident prompted online discussion about how people handle wedding invitations. Some said they keep them because they feel uncomfortable throwing away another person’s name, while others store them until after attending the wedding.

I keep wondering whether someone disliked me without my knowing, or whether I did something wrong.

· The employeeHe expressed uncertainty about why the invitation had been thrown away.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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