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[quote=Anonymous]This thread reminded me of how hosting a wedding is how you learn what level of a$$hole all your friends and family are. Like most people will be like "oh thank you so much for inviting me to your wedding, happy for you guys." They will come or not depending on their availability or ability to travel (all reasonable). They might give an expensive gift or a small gift or just a card (all fine). But they will abide by the invitation. If it says plus one, they may bring a plus one or not. If it invites kids they might bring kids or not, but will let you know. Sometimes these lovely people will ask a clarifying question ("thank you so much for including our son in the invite -- will there be other kids his age? we are trying to decide if it makes sense to bring him") and that's welcome too -- good communication is great.

And then some percentage of your invite list will do one of the following:
- ask to bring their kids, and when you kindly say you can't accommodate them because of venue size, bring them anyway, thus pissing off the other four guests who also wanted to bring kids and who you also told you could not accommodate
- not RSVP at all, and show up anyway
- bring a plus one without even telling you they were thinking of doing this
- bring their kids and their kids nanny and then be miffed when you have nowhere for these unexpected people to sit
- call you 14 times the week before the wedding to ask if they can bring someone they didn't originally plan to bring, can they specify vegan meals, can they sit in the front row at the wedding, can they give a speech, etc.
- RSVP yes and not show up
- RSVP yes and show up halfway through the reception, wasted

And so on. Some people are normal and reasonable and know how the world works, and some people are melodramatic idiots with Main Character Syndrome. If you aren't sure yet who is who, host a wedding! They'll let you know.[/quote]

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