A 'no' response I'm a little pissed about
My response date was Thursday and I came home to find three responses in my mailbox. I needed 12 more adults to make my minimum out of the 20 that hadn't responded yet.
I opened the first two, the both said yes. The third is a no. No note. Then I realize who it's from.
My cousin who got married on my BIRTHDAY two years ago. The ceremony was in Massachussetts and the reception in Rhode Island! So already, it's an out of towner and not one that's easily done, and we always go on vacation on my birthdays.
So, we made the best of it. We planned a vacation around it. The day after the wedding we went to Nantucket for 3 days.
I go to the wedding to find that all the guests are in two seperate rooms with a hallway and foyer seperating them. One of the rooms had most of my relatives in it and the other room had most of the groom's relatives in it. We were in the groom's room. We were at one of only two tables out of the whole room from that side.
So already, we're not happy. Then we notice that our table is smaller than everyone else's and we're stuck in a corner, much closer to the wall than anyone else.
All this gave us the idea that we were an afterthought. The dancing was awkward because there was no dance floor, just a hall/foyer thing. We sat at the table all night, listening to the groom's drunk college buddies yelling and singing.
Still, since it was a mansion and I know how expensive they can be, so we gave more money than normal even though we were spending a lot more to attend for a hotel, etc.
And this is the cousin who can't make it to mine. Her parents are coming but she and her husband aren't.
Un freakin believable.
I opened the first two, the both said yes. The third is a no. No note. Then I realize who it's from.
My cousin who got married on my BIRTHDAY two years ago. The ceremony was in Massachussetts and the reception in Rhode Island! So already, it's an out of towner and not one that's easily done, and we always go on vacation on my birthdays.
So, we made the best of it. We planned a vacation around it. The day after the wedding we went to Nantucket for 3 days.
I go to the wedding to find that all the guests are in two seperate rooms with a hallway and foyer seperating them. One of the rooms had most of my relatives in it and the other room had most of the groom's relatives in it. We were in the groom's room. We were at one of only two tables out of the whole room from that side.
So already, we're not happy. Then we notice that our table is smaller than everyone else's and we're stuck in a corner, much closer to the wall than anyone else.
All this gave us the idea that we were an afterthought. The dancing was awkward because there was no dance floor, just a hall/foyer thing. We sat at the table all night, listening to the groom's drunk college buddies yelling and singing.
Still, since it was a mansion and I know how expensive they can be, so we gave more money than normal even though we were spending a lot more to attend for a hotel, etc.
And this is the cousin who can't make it to mine. Her parents are coming but she and her husband aren't.
Un freakin believable.
