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friday hax chat q: her family has been scrimping for a European vacation for a long time. now hubby's sister wants to have a destination wedding

Posted by pixman (aka chris) May 21 '10, 10:59

Richmond, VA: We've been saving really hard for a family trip to Europe. We plan to go for three-weeks in March of 2011. We're just now starting to book places and plan the route. On Saturday, my husband's sister announced her engagement and that they are having a destination wedding to the Caribbean--in April. We don't have enough money for both, and I'm upset because we've been really sacrificing for this vacation. It's our last big trip before our oldest goes to college. It's also my SIL's second wedding, but I really don't see the family accepting our choice to take a family vacation and skip a wedding. Any advice??

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Pixie, you have a husband? congrats! -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 11:18
Already paid for, sorry. -- nm - lileve May 21, 11:14
Lie. Tell them you already put down non-refundable deposits on the Europe trip. Then it's not your fault they were selfish enough to annouce this - sycor May 21, 11:06 10
- I like this idea. Very nice. -- nm - Jim May 21, 11:12
- lying always works! -- nm - b. May 21, 11:09
- greatest idear evahhh - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:09 4
  - this is the main reason we decided against it. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:15 3
    - pritty incosiderate IMO use the destination whish for the honeymoon instead -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:16 2
      - it's inconsiderate to expect people to be able to attend, at least. - znufrii May 21, 11:18 1
        
        exactomundo -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:20
- "I assumed that if you really wanted us to be there, you would've mentioned it before the plans were set in stone." - znufrii May 21, 11:08 1
  - yep -- nm - sycor May 21, 11:24
- and I don't mean "your" as in Pixie. -- nm - sycor May 21, 11:07
Screw it...take your vacation. Send a gift to the sister. Done. -- nm - Jim May 21, 11:04 2
- *ding* -- nm - Nightcrawler May 21, 11:22
- word -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:13
how about compromise? not 3 weeks in europe, or just the husband goes to the wedding? -- nm - b. May 21, 11:03 8
- yeah like my wife would let me go to a Caribean resort without her. -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:25 1
  - not even under those circumstances? -- nm - b. May 21, 11:28
- another alternative: a lot of people who do destination weddings also have a local party. encourage that. -- nm - b. May 21, 11:05 1
  - sure, and if she's local, she could even go so far as to suggest hosting it herself... -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:09
- haxy suggested the latter (not a fan of destination weddings) - pixman May 21, 11:04 3
  - "The Caribbean Me-Fest". Love it. -- nm - TFox May 21, 11:14
  - she *really* doesn't like them, eh? heh. - b. May 21, 11:06 1
    - plus, second wedding? - pixman May 21, 11:08
Take the vacation and send a nice gift. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:02 1
- I'll have to second this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 11:04
FedEx - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:01

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