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[quote=Anonymous]My nephew asked my husband to officiate at his wedding, shortly after he became engaged (1.5 years before the wedding) and two months before the wedding told us our kids could not come because the venue insisted on 21 and over.  Our kids were 17, 19, and 20 and we had spent every tg, Xmas, and July 4 and Labor Day with them since my kids were born.  They were essentially adults; responsible and all in college.

It turned out that our nephew lied to us, and under 21 were allowed.  It was just his and his fiancée’s decision.  My kids and I did not attend the wedding and the relationship is permanently fractured.  Our nephew texted my kids a few weeks after the wedding that he was “sorry about the way things worked out”, which to me, is a total lack of accepting responsibility.  I have to assume that the kids and I just are not as important to them as I had thought and hoped.

His parents supported his decision to exclude our kids (in spite of asking my husband to officiate) and later did not blink when we told them their son was lying about the venue imposing the 21+ rule, although they claimed to be surprised.  They told us “all of his friends’ weddings have been 21+.”

I think if a couple decides on a 21+ wedding, it is absolutely their prerogative but they should be honest with their invitees and accept the consequences.  It’s pretty straightforward.[/quote]

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