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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Definitely bridezilla. But blame it on the registry, which must have forgotten to include your card with the gift.
A propos of inappropriate wedding-related antics, Dear Abby got to answer about the appropriate response to the following "invitation"
"Dear Family: I am asking for your cooperation and understanding. My wedding will be very costly, and this has caused me to make some unpleasant decisions.
"I hope you will see this as a request for a donation and not a charge for you to attend my wedding. I cannot figure out any way other than to ask each guest to contribute to the cost. If anyone is insulted by my request, I am sincerely sorry.
"Your $330 contribution must be received on or before June 30. Only postal money orders will be accepted. Please purchase it only from a U.S. post office. Thank you for your contribution."
These people deserve to have their parents refuse to attend, if for no other reason than to protest how obnoxious they turned out.
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There is one thing worse - having a cash bar at the wedding. An asshole I knew in college had an obnoxious wedding in Napa a few years back which he obviously couldn't afford. He invited tons of East Coast people who did the arduous trek of flying four plus hours, waiting in line for a rental car and then having to stay at some cutesy b&b with shitass amenities but oodles of "charm". These folks got to the reception and discovered for the first time that there was a cash bar. Of course, being in Napa, there are no cash machines around, and being at a wedding, the guests had little, if any, cash. Many suffered a horrible night of involuntary sobriety at a wedding 3000 miles from home.
Moral of the story... accomodate guests above all else. If it comes to a decision of drinks/food/guest comfort or "cute" location, err on the side of pleasing guests.
Unless its a very close friend, I do not attend weddings which require me to stay at b&bs (of course, if you're wedding is on nantucket or something like that, that's an exception). I generally find the sort of people who throw such annoying soirees in remote locations are the sort I'd rather divorce from social calendar anyway.
S(b&b = stay in a shitty room with bad a/c but "charming" as hell)D
