Not attending post-wedding brunch?

No, absolutely not. I think it's wrong of your mother to expect you there. My mother is trying to plan a lunch the day after ours and she said we can come if we want (and we're not heading out of town that day). The biggest piece of advice that I've received from married friends is don't schedule anything the day or 2 after your wedding (except your HM)...don't agree to see anyone.

Nope. Skip it. Your honeymoon period starts on your wedding night. It's all about R&R for you and your new husband once you exit your reception.

I don't see the problem with skipping the post-wedding brunch. If it was my family, we'd so be stuck there for a minimum of an hour (probably at least 2 hours), so I totally get it. It's nice of your mom to have breakfast for everyone as a good sendoff for the out of town family members. It'd be nice of you to stop in, but I don't think it's absolutely necessary.

I would worry about getting stuck too. Everyone is going to want to talk to you about the night before.

We are having a post-wedding brunch too, but we leave for our honeymoon on a Monday and our wedding is on a Saturday.

I wouldn't go. My family didn't expect me to do anything or be anywhere after the wedding was over.

Skip it! Even as a OOT guest for a wedding we attended in April - FH and I skipped the brunch because we were just tired and wanted to get home.

I think it's a nice gesture to offer - but definitely not for the bride and groom.

We told our parents that we would make no commitments on the sunday and that if they want to plan something, its up to them to plan, host, invite, etc, and we make no guarentee that we will be there. We likely won't get back to our hotel until 2-3 in the morning, and I want to sleep in, order room service, eat it in bed in a fluffy robe, and relax in my jacuzzi haha

I agree, I know it's now the norm to have a brunch the day after the wedding but I personally think that after the wedding the couple should relax together and not worry about entertaining out of towners. With that said, my FH wants to see his family the next morning before they leave because they have only been able to come up once in the 5 years that we have lived away from them so we might be having a brunch with them before they hit the road. I wanted to leave on my HM right away but he wasn't having it.

Skip it. It's very normal.