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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

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And my day in, day out is a mess of sticky fingers, chasing DD around, working, and basically participating in the grind. I wouldn’t trade my life for anything, but [b]what a treat to have a reason to buy a pretty dress, get my hair and nails done[/b], celebrate inone of my friend’s most important moments, and enjoy purely adult conversation, while sipping a few adult drinks.

And the thread is about children at weddings, not destination weddings. I’m sorry that after your wedding, you resent other weddings so much, but the fact that you’re so bitter and refuse to attend someone else’s wedding because doesn’t include your children speaks more about you than it does them. [/quote]

[b]Your treat is someone else's hell.  Nothing about having to shop for a dress, or pretty-princess myself up sounds appealing in any way.  ;)  [/b]

I think on this thread, almost everyone agreed that they would just get a sitter for a local no-kids wedding.  So, the destination and out-of-town child-free weddings are highly relevant to the thread, as those are the ones people don't want to do without their kids.  Just to give an example, if someone close to me were getting married in California, Hawaii, Europe, or somewhere else I actually wanted to visit, I would attend the wedding but then make a longer family vacation out of it.  If my kids aren't included, it's not worth the time and expense to arrange for a multi-day sitter, pay for airfare for myself and husband, pay for hotel rooms, and pay for everything else involved in the wedding.  [/quote]

I agree... in which case, you’re u just RSVP regrets. This isn’t as hard as people are making it out to be. The bridal couple even sent yiu a card with postage! [/quote]

I think what a lot of people are saying is that yes, we do, and that's it- no malice or ill will, just an rsvp of no and [b]a congratulations card[/b] to the couple. There is someone on here who insinuates (or actually, says outright) that this means we have terrible priorities and are ruining our kids childhoods by not attending without them. Oh, and destroying our friendships. Without that one troll this thread would have died on page  2[/quote]

I don't subscribe to the "you're paying for your plate" philosophy on wedding gifts, so I think a gift off the registry is at least warranted. Doubly so if you don't want ill will, want to preserve the friendship, and this is someone who may have used their own vacation days and probably more limited funds in their younger years to attend your own wedding. [/quote]

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