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Originally Posted by Northendzone
for this money - the people that attend get value out of the spend in terms of getting a tropical vacation.
Seems to me you are looking at the money paid as the cost of a ticket to a concert or other event and i don't think that it the proper way to frame it
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But most likely none of the attendees would have booked a similar vacation on those dates otherwise. Compared to giving up a single Saturday that would otherwise be spent locally doing chores/leisure.
I think it should generally be as simple as don't go if you don't want to go for extended family/friends, but I'm not sure it's quite so simple for closest family/friends (e.g. bridal party)...there should at least be some consideration there.
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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
People expecting you to go is the “sitcom story” part of this whole thing. It doesn’t exist in real life, but you need it to make the complaint work.
I too have skipped several of my very close friends weddings due to distance/expense. We’re still as close… of course, because they’re normal humans.
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I'm sure conflicts happen often enough, but in reality it's just a wake up call to re-evaluate your relationship with that kind of person.