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Wedding rudeness: guests skipping ceremony just because

I've had extended family members (not-so-nice ones) say, after receiving save the dates, that they don't want to come to our ceremony because it's just not their thing. One of them, in the same breath, reminded me to include plus one on their invite and then asked what I was serving for dinner.

These relatives live close to the venue and do not work weekends. They just don't feel like coming to the ceremony but they want to be there for the alcohol, food, and family reunion. Okay, so maybe only one of them told me that they're not coming to the ceremony because they didn't feel like it. Since they're related to and talk to the others, I'm assuming they all have the same reason. I know, I assumed. But whatever, I just want to vent.

I know they get plus ones if they have SOs regardless of whether they're nice to me or not, and I said "oh, that's too bad, we'll miss you at the ceremony", but what an annoying thing to hear. Just wanted to vent and roll my eyes publicly. So far, this is tied as the rudest wedding-y thing I've experienced yet (the other being the florist who told me he didn't like my taste in flowers and I could only choose from the arrangements he'd done in the past).

What was the rudest wedding-y thing YOU experienced?

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  • My FIL asked me if I was pregnant a week before the wedding, and if I was sure that I didn't want to skip the wedding and just go to the emergency room to give him a grandkid. He has brain damage, but that one was a hard one to smile through.
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  • That does suck!

    We invited a couple who is friends of the family.  They RSVP'ed yes, and they added their adult son and his girlfriend, who were not invited, to the RSVP.  I wanted to call and tell them that we couldn't accommodate the extra people, but my mom didn't want to cause hard feelings, so she said to just let it go.  Well, NONE of the four showed up at the wedding.  I was so annoyed.  I mean, it's one thing to be a no-show at a wedding, but it's another thing to invite yourself and then not show up.
  • Mine is kind of a bunch of things compounded. H is one of 7 so most of the guests were his family (we invited under 40 people.)

    Sometime between Christmas and New Years we saw H's brother (brother 1). We hadn't received their RSVP so they told us that their family of 4 would be there. The next day (2 weeks before the wedding), H's nephew (brother 1's son) messaged both H and me in WoW to say that since he wanted to apologize since he  may not be able to make it. We were surprised and asked why. He was scheduled for skin graft for a recurrent problem. We were concerned since his parents never mentioned this. He told us that it wasn't anything new and had been scheduled for it for months. We told him we'd leave a seat open for him just in case he could make it.

    3 days before the wedding, brother 1 texts H to tell him that none of the family would make it because the nephew had an emergency skin graft. Wait, what? We knew that he was lying since nephew had to us weeks ago about this. H was nice about responded but we were both pretty upset since he so obviously lied.

    2 days before the wedding, I called the venue to see if we could remove a table and chairs and called the caterer to see if we could change our head count. Both allowed it. BUT, I went out for a girl's day with my SIL (married to brother 2) and she said brother 1 did the same thing at her wedding, but they ended up showing up at the last minute. H called his parents to let them know that brother 1 might do this. MIL wanted to stand and not eat so he could be there. Ummm, no.

    1 day before the wedding: FIL told us that brother 1 called and said he was coming, but was told we had no room for him now. Sigh. Glad SIL warned me.

    Day of the wedding: 2 couples didn't show up well into the reception. One was H's sister (and her husband) and the other was H's brother (brother 3 and his wife). H was upset since they missed out on all the family pictures that they knew were happening.
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  •  Mine wasn't wedding-y, but mine happened during our engagement party. We planned a party and one of FI teenage sisters asked if she could bring her boyfriend, we said no because we really didn't like him and they had only been dating a few weeks. Well one of FIs older sisters texted and called multiple times asking why we were not inviting our "family member"? 

    He's no family member of mine... Until he got her pregnant. Now the baby is three months old and she broke up with said boyfriend because "he kept dissapearing for days on end, without calling or letting anyone know where he was". 

    Oh the joys of In-Laws! 
    ~Soon to become Mrs. O'Kane!~
  • I have two cousins the I grew up with who each have sons 6 and 7. The rest of the cousins on that side range from 15 to 20. All my cousins are invited but not their children. Only kids invited are fiances little sister and my two nephews. After I sent out the stds I got a call from my stepmom while she was at my cousins house asking me what they were supposed to do because they didnt have babysitters. Mind you I'm getting married in October and they got their std in February. My stepmom wanted me to not invite my 16 year old cousin so she could babysit the kids. My response... "Cousin is still getting invite. She's 16. If she chooses to not attend to babysit that's her decision. If not then I will surely miss my other cousins at the wedding but its not my issue if they don't have a sitter." She then tried to get my to "just invite the kids." I then had to explain the guest list is already at capacity. I hate having to justify my decisions
  • I got a little hate for choosing not to invite one of my second cousins. Fact of the matter is, I just plain ol' do not like her, and she causes a lot of drama at family events. I knew it was going to be a PITA but I put my big green bridezilla foot down. She tried to complain to her stepmom (who she either loves or hates, depending on her financial situation if you know what I mean) and all the hate talk got back to me. It was like "I can't believe that evil b*tch isn't going to invite me. I f*cking hate her, she's such a see-you-next-tuesday" and so on. Yeah... not helping your cause, honey.
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  • When my daughter got married, her MIL told me to have a cash bar. Then she told me to have a buffet because they're cheaper. Then she told me she was going to take my daughter to New England to shop for dresses at a discount store. Then she told me that she changed her mind and they were no longer going to host the RD. There's lots more. Glad I don't have to deal with her on a regular basis
  • For my first wedding, we didn't invite kids. Kids were not on the invitation. My ex's uncle responded to the reply card by adding his kids names to it. We decided not to make a stink about it. Instead of bringing their 2 kids, they brought their daughter and her friend.

    Before the wedding, we went to ex's grandmother's 80th birthday party and his great aunt's invited her son and daughter in law to our wedding. How nice of them not to ask us first... I didn't know what to say. The couple got really, really drunk and the woman started doing titty twisters to everyone including a young girl in the family who did not want it. If she came near me, I was ready to deck her. On our way home, she yelled "can't wait to see the nips at your wedding!!" and I cried the entire way home. For a few days, I was beside myself thinkindg of her giving my grandmother titty twisters at my wedding and finally I made his mother uninvite the people (who were never invited in the first place!).
  • In Response to Re:Wedding rudeness: guests skipping ceremony just because:[QUOTE]For my first wedding, we didn't invite kids. Kids were not on the invitation. My ex's uncle responded to the reply card by adding his kids names to it. We decided not to make a stink about it. Instead of bringing their 2 kids, they brought their daughter and her friend. Before the wedding, we went to ex's grandmother's 80th birthday party and his great aunt's invited her son and daughter in law to our wedding. How nice of them not to ask us first... I didn't know what to say. The couple got really, really drunk and the woman started doing titty twisters to everyone including a young girl in the family who did not want it. If she came near me, I was ready to deck her. On our way home, she yelled "can't wait to see the nips at your wedding!!" and I cried the entire way home. For a few days, I was beside myself thinkindg of her giving my grandmother titty twisters at my wedding and finally I made his mother uninvite the people who were never invited in the first place!. Posted by MuppetFan[/QUOTE]

    Wow this girl and courts cousin sound like real classy ladies.
  • My MIL told me before the ceremony that I looked better than she expected given that she had seen pictures of the dress.  During this conversation a family friend wanted a picture of the two of us together.  She jokingly told us to "smile and pretend that you like each other," to which MIL replied, "not even on this day."  Throughout the reception she complained to people (whether she knew them or not) that she "lost her son."  BIL, who was not invited, showed up anyway and proceeded to tell people that he was not there to support his brother's marriage but rather to support his mother on this difficult day. 
  • Oh Yes!!! This is my second wedding after being a widow since 1999. I CHOSE a beautiful Ice Blue wedding gown and it looka absolutely beautiful on me. I had the long white gown with the long train the first time.I wanted something really different this time. And SO many people are saying "you're not getting married in a wedding gown" ? I try to be nice and say wedding gowns come in colors now pink,blue,silver,etc. I don't want to wear ivory or white this time. OR "why am I wearing a bridesmaid gown?" I just say I can assure you for the price,its not a BM gown LOL. My fiance and I love the gown I picked out and I refuse to change my mind! Its a really beautiful gown.
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