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Posted by moles (aka chris) Sep 12 '11, 12:38

Should we just elope?

I recently became engaged and have started wedding planning. Recently, I have been approached by several family members about who is going to be invited. There have been several references about how "some other family members" might be "uncomfortable" if "certain" people are invited. While they are trying to be vague and subtle in their comments, I can clearly read between the lines. My maid of honor is a lesbian. Her partner is invited and I am planning to invite several other friends who happen to be gay. In addition, despite a few explanations that my fiance is Christian (Greek Orthodox, in fact), because he is Lebanese, several people in my family are certain he is Muslim and just saying he is Christian. Their solution is that I review the guest list with them. They are adamant that I put family first. I have resisted but they are making a really big deal out of this - daily calls and emails plus trying to get other family members involved. Now that my fiancee has brought up elopement, I have begun to consider it. Do you have any thoughts on this wedding drama?

Responses:

As a Christian from Lebanon, calling him a Muslim would probably be incredible offensive to him. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 13:00
This sounds like a recent episode of The Green Room. One of the comedians is a Pakistani shiite who married a woman from North Carolina. - David Sep 12, 12:51 1
- and apparently they missed the point of Borat entirely. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 13:01
Is she marrying Obama? -- nm - amoxy Sep 12, 12:50
elope. - Mel Profit Sep 12, 12:48
yes elope - sounds like a horrible situation -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:47
call a reality wedding show. they want you -- nm - peglegpete Sep 12, 12:46
This sounds like the makings of a charming romantic comedy -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 12:44 3
- it has to culminate in a situation where the Christian inlaws have to do something that depends on the (also Christian) Lebanese inlaws. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:45 2
  - teaming up against the gays, obvie. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 12:49 1
    - oh, that's a given. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:50
elope. invite your closest, most supportive friends to come with you if they want. -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 12:43
He could be AlQaeda. -- nm - Loyola Sep 12, 12:41
Vegas -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:41
screw them all. elope. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:40
"you don't have to come if you don't want to" - znufrii Sep 12, 12:40
Invite more lesbians and Lebanese people...make sure that each complaining relative is sat at a table full of them. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 12:40 4
- tangentially related: Some of my Lebanese relatives are the most anti-Muslim people I've ever met. - loosilu Sep 12, 12:41 3
  - I dated a Lebanese Christian once. - znufrii Sep 12, 12:50 2
    - yeah, that would be a very bad thing. These family members are Maronite. They get very pissed at being confused with Muslims. - loosilu Sep 12, 12:53 1
      - yup. same. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 12:54
Time for Vegas. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:39

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