i'm so excited to get married. I love my FI and am so happy that we've been together 10 years this year and will be together forever. That said, this wedding thing is annoying me.. well not so much the wedding itself, but inviting people.
So last year when I got engaged on April 12, 2009, I called all of my family to tell them. Then I talked to family about it on myspace/facebook and made sure they knew the date. One of my cousins who I'd prefer not to invite anyway told me.. well I usually work on Saturdays so I don't know if I'll be able to attend. um... my wedding is in OVER a YEAR! you can't try to get the day off?
I also have an aunt who I'd rather not invite because my family has a tendency of going places with an entourage. It can never just be my aunt and her son... it has to be my aunt, her son, his 'daughter who is the daughter of one of his ex girlfriends that he randomly has supposed custody of that isn't actually his... then they add some other kid that is supposedly my aunt's grandson.. mind you her son doesn't have any children... and then she has all of these other 'kids' that has to come. I also have some cousins that i'm not inviting becasue they'll just bring like 5 of their friends... it is just a lot of white trash-ish type of sh!t going on.. i know you can't choose your family but i can accidently drop peoples invites in the trash instead of in the mailbox. right?
so after i sent out save the dates, i wrote something on FB that said, i wish my family and friends would visit my wedding website, it was on the std that i sent out.. my cousin who said she couldn't make it was like.. 'i didn't get anything'. So then i decided that i should still invite this cousin and aunt. I told the cousin i ran ou of stds and talked to my aunt and told her that i need her address but because space is limited, i can only invite her and her son. she told me that unless her entourage is welcome, she can't attend. we also aren't having children at our wedding. I think that is really quite ridiculous that she can't attend her ACTUAL nieces wedding because one of her friends that isn't taking care of their kids decided to dump their kid off at her house and is now her grandson... it is fing crazy. it is probably better that she won't come but should i even send an invitation?
also, my uncle always wears jeans... i guess he made a comment to my grandma that he doesn't think he can afford some slacks and a button up shirt. you can buy that for 40 bucks at walmart or target.. you can also go to ross or something or thrift stores... it just seems a little silly that i told him my wedding was last year and he is saying he can't afford some slacks..
i'm sorry but i'm putting on a wedding, not a casual backyard bbq and i'm dressing up and spending tons so you can spend a little.. and you have time still so save 10 bucks a month and there you go.
flame away, i'm just sick of people acting ridiculous. i'm so frustrated.. there has only been one other wedding in my family so obviously weddings aren't very common so they don't know ettiquette.. but you'd think they'd learn something. it is SO frustrating.
rant over...
What would you do about the cousin and the aunt/son?