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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you RSVP for the reception? If you did, then you need to go. But if you didn't, the important part is the actually wedding ceremony. Brides want people in seats. [/quote]

They want people they know and care about

Sounds like OP's connection to the bride is through her husband. He is probably who the bride would care if he did or didn't attend the ceremony [/quote]

No, brides don't want a half-empty venue. She sent out invitations. She wants as many people there as possible. [/quote]

Then the bride won't have a problem with OP's tween filling a seat in the pew.[/quote]

So you get to make up the rules that would suit you, not the person actually getting married. The entitlement of some of you is staggering.[/quote]

Many people's etiquette systems indicate that a church cannot be private.  That any member of the community may be present at a church ceremony.  You may not personally believe this, but it is part of some etiquette systems.

Furthermore, one of the most amazing things that ever happened to me was when I went to a historic pilgrimage church in Spain.  With continuous open access to the church and hundreds of tourists in the building.  Including people lined up to access the shrine in the apse.

A mass began and I sat down to listen to the beautiful music.  Then all of a sudden a bridal party came down the aisle.  I was gobsmacked.  I stayed for the entire wedding mass.

Then I got up and queued for the shrine.  As I waited in line on the second story of the church, I saw a mass begin and the same thing happened again. Another bride came down the aisle.  Apparently this church lines up weddings like planes at O'Hara.  And it's completely normal.  Some are fancy planned-ahead weddings and some are same-day snap decisions.  If you get married there, you have zero control of who attends.  Amazing![/quote]

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