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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Both deserve a lot of blame.  The sister shouldn't have had a hissy about her kids not being invited, and instead she [b]should have just declined the invitation.[/b]  The bride shouldn't get upset with her sister for not attending.  Simple.  If you're having a child free wedding, that's fine, but you have to accept that many guests who don't live in town aren't going to be able to come.

Again, an invitation is not a summons.  [/quote]

Guy PP again:  this is BS, she should have just gone solo.  If she’s OK doing overnight girls-week-type getaways, then she can suck it up and go to the wedding solo.  However, your own sister should be a clear exception to the no-kids edict.[/quote]

I think it's BS that the bride can put a bunch of obstacles in people's way to attend her wedding, and then have any kind of hissy if people aren't willing to jump through all of those hoops.  It all turns into some weird love power struggle, where the bride thinks that if people love her enough, they'll move heaven and earth to be there on her special day, and the guests feel like if the bride loved them enough, she wouldn't be trying to make the day such an inconvenient, expensive, pain-in-the-ass for them.

Maybe I'm just a really low-key person, but I tried to make it as easy and convenient as possible to attend my wedding.  I can't even fathom telling a sibling that I expected their presence, but they would need to leave their children (my nieces and nephews!) behind or even leave their spouse behind as childcare.    [/quote]

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