Ok... so my FI's Grandmother (GM) and Grandfather (GF) are driving to Dallas, TX from Albuquerque, NM... a really long drive needless to say.... and she is a chain smoker...They are both handicapped - they can't walk very long distances, and they are in their upper 70s
The facility where we are having our ceremony and reception allows people to smoke outside, but there is a REALLY BIG ISSUE...
His GM is like one of 5 (max) people at our wedding who smokes (~100 people coming) BUT SHE IS ON OXYGEN 24/7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is realllllllllllly dangerous for her to be smoking while an oxygen tank is sitting next to her and flowing through a tube into her nose....
I really don't want her to explode at our wedding (or at any time if I can help it) and my mother (who very upset about this) doesn't want to pay for the damages that this would most definately cause.... plus she is my future GM in law!
I don't think my MIL will tell the GM that she can't smoke ahead of time (or at all), so I was thinking about talking to the facility about my concerns and asking the DJ to anounce during cocktail hour that smoking is prohibited on the premises... a small lie, but one I think is beneficial.... IS THIS THE CORRECT WAY TO HANDLE THIS? or do you think I am being unfair by not allowing her to smoke because her health is so poor and she has to travel so far? We would be telling her last minute that she isn't allowed to smoke...
EDIT ADDED: Also, my other concern is that if an explosion were to happen, the other 99 guests would also be at risk for being burned, or even worse dying because we caught the reception hall on fire...
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