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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is surprising to me are the number of people who apparently think fancy hotel black tie gala weddings are actually fun instead of something to be endured because you like your family and friends. I find them so boring! [/quote]

Me too! X1000 when it’s a destination.  Forgive me for not wanting you to dictate where I spend my one vacation per year. [/quote]

I think it's odd to frame it as the couple dictating where you spend your vacation....  they can have their wedding wherever they want.  They invite you to join, and you decide not to.  They aren't trying to "dictate" anything simply by including you. [b] If they then get pissy about you not coming, that's absurd, [/b]but of all of the weddings I have been to all over the place, I have never once thought of my friends and family trying to dictate my vacation time. [/quote]

But isn't that the point of this thread and the other child-free wedding thread?  A lot of people will get pissy if you decline the invitation to their child-free destination wedding.  It seems like people with children are freaking out about child-free weddings because they feel like they've been summoned to the wedding (i.e. have so much family or social pressure that they can't decline without drama), but can't necessarily find adequate child care.  Likewise, a lot of bridezillas seem to think that if you won't jump through a bunch of hoops, spend tons of money, and ditch your kids somewhere for their wedding, that you're not a true friend.  If everyone treated wedding invitations like an invitation and not a summons, none of this drama would exist.[/quote]

+1 This is exactly on point. [/quote]

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