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Man Who Was Mistakenly Invited to Bachelor Party Going Anyway

He raised $1276 on crowd-funding websites to attend a stranger's bash.
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By Olivia B. Waxman

A Seattle man who was accidentally copied on an email chain about a Philadelphia bachelor party is going anyway.

Joey DiJulio of Seattle got the first email from these people he didn’t know on Feb. 11. After a few weeks of messages about Jeff Minetti’s bachelor party in Philadelphia at the end of the month, he replied, explaining that they mixed him up with someone else. That started a whole new email chain, with Minetti’s friends saying he should totally come anyway, and the groom confirming, adding that DiJulio should come to the wedding, too.

DiJulio set up a GoFundMe page “Random Bachelor Party” earlier this week …

Read the full story at TIME.com

NBCPhiladelphia.com: Groom, buddies rally to bring errant invitee to bash