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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people do attend, many will be there out of a sense of obligation and won't be very happy to be there. Is that how you want your wedding day to feel?[/quote]

Not only that, even the ones who decline will ALWAYS REMEMBER that you chose a venue over your guests.  It's incredibly immature of you to even consider doing this, to the point that you're too immature to be getting married.[/quote]

Ehh or she was prioritizing being married over having a party[/quote]

OP here. The venue is a small hotel in Old Town Alexandria. We are thinking small (50 people) gathering of closest friends and family, most of whom are local. 4:30 pm ceremony. 5-6 reception; 7-9 dinner 10 - 11 dancing. Not a big wedding.[/quote]

I find taking a couple of days off work in the middle of the week is harder than taking a four-day weekend, so I probably wouldn't travel for this unless your wedding was on a Monday, Thursday (and I could feasibly travel on Thursday and make it on time) or Friday. Tuesday or Wednesday would be out. But even then, with an early November wedding I still might not be able to take the time. I find that to be a really busy time of year as people try to get things wrapped up before the holidays, and if I have holiday travel plans of my own, I may not be able to take the additional days off.

If I were local, probably either DH or I would come (depending on who's closer to you), and the other person wouldn't. There would be too much to work out with work schedules, child care, etc., that can be unpredictable or hard to find (I find it hard to find weekday sitters who are available during the afternoon and also late into the night -- if they're kids, their parents may not want them out that late, if they're older they may be working themselves during the day), and so we'd RSVP for one and the other would plan to cover everything else to let that person attend rather than RSVP'ing for both and risk having one person no-show. Before we had kids, it would have been easier for both of us to attend.[/quote]

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