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July 2012 Weddings
KatieK501
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RSVPs - not a rant!
FI and I went to dinner last night with 3 other couples - to celebrate one couple's 1 year anniversary. Since 2 of the couples are newley married (within the last year a half), and the other couple is recently engaged, we talked a lot about wedding plans and marital advice. The discussion turned to me telling the other engaged couple about how hard it is to make the guest list and the troubles of RSVPs, when I mentioned that someone FI's mother wanted to invite is bringing 3 extra guests - the grandmother, their son that is FI's age, and his FI. FI had been out of town for two weeks, so wasn't here when his mom okayed the situation with me. He was completely shocked. He said he hadn't talked to the son since FI moved to AR, which was when he was in middle school. I think FI will enjoy seeing him, but is completely shocked that he would want to come to the wedding. It was kind of fun to see FI so surprised about something.
Did anyone else have a surprise guest like that, or someone you were really surprised/excited when you got their "will be attending" RSVP?
Did anyone else have a surprise guest like that, or someone you were really surprised/excited when you got their "will be attending" RSVP?
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Re: RSVPs - not a rant!
I guess the biggest was on my FI's side. His family had a butler when he was growing up. I know... it sounds crazy, but it was pretty typical in Brazil where they were living at the time. He lived with them for 8 years and became a very big part of their family. My FI's family then moved to another country and eventually the U.S. They tried to bring him with them, but the U.S. government wouldn't give him the entry visa, so they parted ways.
My FI and his family have not seen this guy in 15 years. He is married and has a son now. Well we invited him, but we didn't think he could get a travel visa. When he first tried, they made his appointment to request the visa for this Fall, which is obviously way too late. But then about a month ago we got a call that he was able to get the appointment moved up to June 15th. We got a call from him that afternoon and he was literally crying. They got approved and are coming! My FI was so excited, he then started tearing up. Then he called his parents to tell them, and THEY started crying. It was so sweet to see. I'm really excited to meet this man that my FI has told me is the greatest person in the world for so many years.
My Mom's sister, who we haven't seen in seriously 5 years, is coming to the wedding which is a huge shocker. No one expected her to attend especially since she didn't come for my sister's wedding.