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I'm already looking at some pretty sweet lady tuxes. He's having two weddings (her family lives on the east coast, his on the west) and I'm so excited about it.
I was wondering how people feel when they aren't invited to weddings?
"Good! Saves me money on a shower gift/wedding gift/travel."
Could be my age showing, but the older I get, the less interesting and fun weddings are. More often than not they involve religious ceremonies that bore the pants off me, the food tends to be mediocre, some kid ends up crying or puking, I can't stand the commentary when I decline to stand on the dance floor like a cow to catch a bouquet, either my SO or I don't know most of the people there and one of us ends up just kind of enduring conversations while the other goes down Memory Lane with friends or family, and lately it just seems that it's more about vanity and gift extortion than sharing a special day with people the couple cares about. It would have to be something really cool, with interesting scenery or things to do, like when my SO's cousin got married on a farm where we could walk around, with everything from sheep to peacocks. Yes, I know, how selfish of me to want to be entertained. But it's how I feel. Been to so many weddings and most of them are nothing to write home about.
Now if the couple elopes and then wants to throw a barbecue or a less formal party with an open bar, that I'd enjoy.
I'm not a fan of weddings at all. And unlike Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, I've never found them to be good for scoring chicks. I wouldn't lose sleep over not being invited to one.
I love weddings! I want to be invited to them all (please start on time!)but I would only be MAD if I wasn't invited to close friends /family weddings.
We only attend close family and friends actual wedding ceremony, any others we happen to be invited to we get a card or gift and go to the reception. As far as not being invited, not an issue with us either way, it is their day and their budget that has to be considered when inviting guests for the wedding and reception.
I wouldn't be offended unless it was a truly close friend. Weddings and receptions are so expensive any more anyway, people can't afford to invite hoards of people. And oh, I really don't care for wedding or baby showers, eek, that's just me though. Even ones for my close friends seem boring to me. I'm excited and truly happy for them but oh, the small talk and silly party games, and rabbit food that is served I can't take too many of them in one year. The only consolation for me is near the end of the shower - a piece of cake.
Weddings I do enjoy though because usually there is an open bar, or at least a bar and dancing. I'm very OCD/ADD so I really can't sit for long stretches of time without moving around.
That all said, IDDY, don't forget to invite your friend Julie to your wedding to Taco Man, she'll be torn up if you don't.
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