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would you snark on this?

momofbride530momofbride530 member
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My nephew is getting married soon. He and his fiance are having a small wedding and only my mother-in-law is invited, which is fine with me because I won't have to travel. What I think is snark worthy is that his mom's explanation for not inviting the rest of the family is that it's a "destination" wedding and the venue is small. Actually, the wedding is in the same town where the couple live and it's in a restaurant. Nothing wrong with either of those things. It's their wedding and they can have it wherever they want and invite whoever they want. But if I hear the mom say "destination" wedding one more time I'm going to scream!
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  • charcoalandblushcharcoalandblush member
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    Yeah, I would be kind of annoyed too. It is literally not a destination wedding if it's where the couple lives. Sure, it may be out of town for many/most/all guests, but that does not make it a destination wedding.

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  • bethsmilesbethsmiles member
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    Yeah, I'd be rolling my eyes at the mom.



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  • momofbride530momofbride530 member
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    Thank you! My husband thinks I'm being hateful but the fact is that it's a very small wedding so say that instead of calling it a DW!
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  • hellohkbhellohkb mod
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    What the?? Then I guess my wedding is a destination wedding too, since ALL of my family lives OOS. ;)

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  • mrscomposermrscomposer member
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    My wedding was 'destination' for my side of the family... but Mom had always said that she wanted one of her girls to have a destination wedding, so this was it.  She brought her own palm tree.
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  • charcoalandblushcharcoalandblush member
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    momofbride530 said:

    Thank you! My husband thinks I'm being hateful but the fact is that it's a very small wedding so say that instead of calling it a DW!

    Right, I totally agree. Obviously I have no problem (and I assume you don't either) with small, intimate, family-only weddings. But I would be rolling my eyes hardcore at that mom for calling it something it's not as a way to explain to people why they're not invited (rather than just being HONEST about it being a small, intimate, family-only wedding).

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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    I wonder why she felt the need to give an explanation at all. They don't owe anyone an explanation for whatever they decide to do. 

    But yea, I the misuse of the term destination wedding is kind of annoying, I guess.
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  • lovemesomemonsterlovemesomemonster member
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    Here is an easy way to break it down...
    1. Do you live in the same place your wedding will be? YES (you are not having a destination wedding) NO (proceed to question 2)
    2. Does either side of the family live where the wedding will be? YES (you are not having a destination wedding) NO (proceed to question 3)
    3. Are you from California, is your FI from NY, and are you getting married in Tokyo? YES.. CONGRATS! You are having a destination wedding.


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  • momofbride530momofbride530 member
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    charcoalandblush said:

    momofbride530 said:

    Thank you! My husband thinks I'm being hateful but the fact is that it's a very small wedding so say that instead of calling it a DW!

    Right, I totally agree. Obviously I have no problem (and I assume you don't either) with small, intimate, family-only weddings. But I would be rolling my eyes hardcore at that mom for calling it something it's not as a way to explain to people why they're not invited (rather than just being HONEST about it being a small, intimate, family-only wedding).
    Exactly, I have no problem with them having a small, intimate wedding. There didn't need to be a big explanation of that decision either.
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