The destination wedding comes for us all eventually, doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You already went to their wedding. Obligation satisfied. This is just a party.

This. Only go if you want to and can afford it.

[Anonymous]

The wedding was four years ago. Only attend whatever this is if you really want to and can afford it.

[Anonymous]

You already went to their wedding. This is for the bride’s family who lives in Spain. Just send your regrets or go if you want to. No one cares if you are there.

[Anonymous]

Is your daughter's work event in Spain? I can't tell if you mean it's a good coincidence or an ill-timed one.

In any case, you are not obligated to go to his, and any combination of your family (which is no longer really nuclear beacuse your kids are out of the house) is fine, as is 0 of you going because it's far and expensive. Especially since you already went to the REAL wedding! This seems like it's for her family, which is nice if they didn't get to go the first time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one has a “work-related” event a year out. Just stop complaining OP. Don’t go. It’s not a “destination wedding”. It’s for the bride’s family who couldn’t come to the first one. And no one cares about your sister or her issues.

Of course people do - I'm an academic. There are certain conferences that would have been terrible to not attend pre-tenure.