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I know I've ranted about weddings before, but I have to go to a second cousin of Mr. Planet's wedding whom I've never met today (I've know Mr. Planet and his family for almost 9 yrs). The kicker is it's not only one of those split weddings with a long interval between the ceremony and the reception, but it's also at the St. Louis Zoo in the middle of the Forest Park Balloon Race with an estimated 100k people. Arghhh!

I've only had to attend one family wedding in my life--my older brother's, which took place in Los Angeles, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, that ended in one of the bloodiest divorces in North American history, so I probably shouldn't attend any others.

That blows. When I get married, immediate family only... I'd do no family or friends, but I think my mom would disown me.

I didn't invite anybody to my wedding. But then, not having attended a wedding before I married, it really didn't enter my mind to hold a public service.

Better yet, neither my family nor my in-laws minded--they were just happy for us.

sighyoung wrote:I didn't invite anybody to my wedding. But then, not having attended a wedding before I married, it really didn't enter my mind to hold a public service.

Better yet, neither my family nor my in-laws minded--they were just happy for us.

That's great. I'm thinking that when I get married we'll just go to a resort in the Caribbean and immediate family can come if they want... at their own expense. If it was up to me we'd just elope, tho.

cards2468 wrote:That blows. When I get married, immediate family only... I'd do no family or friends, but I think my mom would disown me.

good luck finding a woman who would go along with that

M1IRONMIKE wrote:

cards2468 wrote:That blows. When I get married, immediate family only... I'd do no family or friends, but I think my mom would disown me.

good luck finding a woman who would go along with that

Current gf doesn't mind, she actually has very little family, it's mostly just her parents and her sister plus her family. She's all for a destination wedding, her only rule for getting married is no churches.

pop_haines wrote:

planet pujolsian wrote:The kicker is it's not only one of those split weddings with a long interval between the ceremony and the reception, but it's also at the St. Louis Zoo in the middle of the Forest Park Balloon Race with an estimated 100k people. Arghhh!

Was it as bad as you dreaded?

Nah, with the exception of not being able to get a drink for the first two hours of being there, it ended up being a fun time with the family. We also closed the karaoke joint down afterwards.

sighyoung wrote:I didn't invite anybody to my wedding. But then, not having attended a wedding before I married, it really didn't enter my mind to hold a public service.

Better yet, neither my family nor my in-laws minded--they were just happy for us.

Ditto. Except for family being happy. My mom wasn't fond of it. Everyone else was okay with it.

We were planning a regular wedding, but my wife has divorced parents. Two other sets of kids on her Dad's side, and her sisters on her Mom's side. Her parents' friends. On top of that my mother wanted to invite a bunch of people I didn't want to be there. I wanted small, as in maybe a dozen people, and trying to pare that crowd down to even where my wife wanted it was proving difficult. I never liked the idea that the wedding is "all about the bride," and the groom is just supposed to go along with whatever. Plus, neither of us liked blowing a bunch of money on a huge event when we could put it to better use on the honeymoon and for other stuff.

was at a wedding for a couple in our church, both of them 2nd marriage, and the place was packed...400 people or so for the ceremony. all were happy for them...