Really just need to vent... Spent $10,000 on a 25 person wedding

I'm so sorry. That sucks that your friends would do that to you. I would be so upset. If I was anywhere near Vegas, I'd come!

Hopefully your vendors can work with you to get you some great upgrades to make it an amazing experience for you, FH, and those who are going to be there to celebrate with you!

Those that want to come, COME

It'll be 6pm August 9th.

If you guys can PM me that would be wonderful & than also tell me how I am supposed to check them.

I live about an 8 hour drive to Vegas or a one hour fly or so. We rented a 15 person van with just 6 others coming in it. I am giving them a free ride and have told people I'll pay for their hotels.

Basically - I don't have much family here and the ones who are had given me really bad excuses. I won't be talking to them anymore, they are very wealth off just awful people to me. My FH is one of the nicest people on the face of the earth and he has been so let down by everyone. His best friend since they were tiny boys told him he didn't have money to come but this week he has been in Florida (we saw this on FB) I really thought we had better people in our lives than this.

I contracted at 50 people as soon as I booked the venue in August we sent out save the dates within two weeks. Than bumped up to 60 people.

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1 WHOLE YEAR OF PLANNING AND KNOWING THE WEDDING WAS SUCH AND SUCH DATE. If the wanted to be there, they would all be there. I got a new job this last year and haven't seen a dime out of it because our monthly payments to our venue. It'll be great, but I could have invested my time and money in to better things like maybe for a down payment for our first house, or some new tires or some new breaks for his car. Ya know?

At this point I feel like I am begging people to come to it. FH said stop. He said we shouldn't be doing this it shouldn't have to come down to this.

So anyway, thank you all for being so caring and sweet to us. It has filled my eyes with tears. I know there are great wonderful people in the world just like you guys. I just wish the people I was physically closer to hadn't been the bad apples.

Omg that's crazy! If that happened to me I would invite all my co-workers! haha

Hey SoontobeMrsB there's something up with your privacy settings, I can't click on your name/photo to either message you or add you to my "couples we know" list. Can you click on mine and add me, so I can message you? That is, if you still want us to come

SoontobeMrsB and Catrapoin, I have not been abel to click on any name, photo, or message all day..............think something is going on with this site.

Hmmm maybe? but right now I can click on my own, yours (Nancy) and the ones that are in blue (they're hyperlinked). I can't click on SoontobeMrsB because her name is in black, and her photo isn't linked either

Oh honey!! that is so heartbreaking! I am sorry for your pain!

But on the bright side at least those that show up you will honestly know they care about you and your future!

I am so sorry to hear this. Is there anyone that wasn't invited that you can ask to come just to make it worth the cost, like a B or C list?

Geeze I thought mine was bad throwing a fit because we planned for 150 and currently have 85 RSVPed to come. Ill take what I can get and be happy about it! Sorry your dealing with that! I'd be pissed too!

Geeze I thought mine was bad throwing a fit because we planned for 150 and currently have 85 RSVPed to come. Ill take what I can get and be happy about it! Sorry your dealing with that! I'd be pissed too!

Let me look where to change these privacy settings. LOL

WOW! Im so sorry to hear... a wedding is a big investment would never of thought until I started planning... it will turn out great for you no matter what ....

I would totally come if I was close!! I love Vegas! so sorry they let you down, that's actually one of my fears...

I wish I could come! Las Vegas is a little far for me.

I am so sorry if I had someone to drive with I would totally come I'm not that far from Vegas

Hey dun b upset!!I'm serious!u know what, we r getting married in late Dec,since we r in a long s relationship n I have to fly 16hrs to see my FH. And nth is confirmed yet,since it will be a destination wedding in Vegas,we r going to invite 8guests Max,and we r assuming none of them r coming,since it will me on Dec 22/23,everyone will be so busy for Xmas,and If so, we will have a very intimacy wedding,upgrade our dinner n hotel roomit still works, right?rmb it's the day that u 2finally get tgt forever, treat urself nice,I dun care If no one coming, I will spend the money to treat us better,rmb, u deserve to have a great day isn't it?

People can be so unthinking and unfortunately, when it comes to weddings, you really do find out who your true friends are! Big losses in numbers can come from the simple fact that many guests are in once particular social group, and seem to not be able to socialise without each other. Hence big numbers dropping out..."Hey, man, if you're not going, *I'm* not going!" and that type of thing. Horrible but it can happen.

If I was in the US already, I would make sure DS and I would come along to help make up numbers for sure!

Hopefully the venue will do that upgrade they mentioned, and you'll get a bloody fabulous yet intimate wedding day that you deserve, surrounded by those who truly love you.

First off I want to start by saying thank you to everyone.

Honestly the support I have seen here is support I haven't seen this whole wedding planning. You all are so kind and so caring. Thank you so much. I've tried to talk to people about it but no one understands truly and I know you guys do because we are all brides. 2 more people actually dropped out today. I cried to my mom which made her cry a lot and at this point I am done. This has caused so much hurt to our families and I'm not doing it anymore.

I don't want them to be sad and I certainly don't want to be sad. Everything is going to be ok. Our big day in 19 days away and from here I am not going to ask anyone if they are coming or not. If they aren't that's fine. But I know who will be there FOR SURE and I am so lucky to have them in my life.

THANK YOU WEDDING WIRE for being so amazing to me.

I am sorry to hear that this happened. My heartfelt advice to you is to focus on the amazing part of all of this... and that is the joy of getting to marry the man of your dreams, which is worth more than all of the money in the world. When you start looking at all of the wonderful possibilities, and focus on the people that are actually coming, things will fall in to place, and your wedding will be absolutely magical.

There is a reason that those other people aren't coming, and I am sure that it has nothing to do with you. Bless and release them, and focus on your big day, and all of the possibilities that come with a smaller group. Now that many people aren't coming, the venue should be able to upgrade everything, and add items and services that weren't possible before.

Look at it this way... you will be partying and enjoying your dream wedding with your closest and most intimate group of friends and family, and you are all going to live it up spectacularly!