Rudest, worst excuse guest cancellation a week before?!

Brutal. Is she a close friend? What did she say after you replied?

Have you already submitted your final numbers?

Wow! Is that what you said to her? What did she say! That's ridiculous! People celebrate their birthdays different weekends all the time. Hello she didnt just find out about their bdays or your wedding! Rude

Cut your ties to that friendship and wash your hands of it. Damn.

We didn't have any dumb cancellations but some no-shows that pissed me off. Also some declines for reasons I thought were stupid.

Lame, just lame. Who does that?

I guess the worst excuse I got was a couple had to dog sit. But, they were keeping the dogs of a BM an GM, so it was legitimate.

Well thats a lame excuse...

Thats exactly why i'm leaving my MOH (sister) in charge of the RSVP's..i dont want to have to deal with all that stress..lol

Ugh. That's freaking terrible. she would no longer be my friend.

FH invited all of his direct reports to the wedding (4 couples in total). One said that he and his wife were coming, but all of the sudden, he told us he couldn't make it last week. No big deal at all. Out of curiosity, I asked my FH why he changed his mind. Apparently, it's the same night as his 30th high school reunion. People actually go to those?!

My OOT MOH cancelled on me just last week. Her first reason was cost of flight (she has known about I since March but they have a growing family so I get it and had budgeted to potentially pay for her flight if need be). But then she said she didn't want to be away from her husband for NYE (he is invited but it adds addiional costs for them for him to come). It was the first time she mentioned not wanting to be way from him since iut date was set back in March. This girl is not flaky at all nomally. I've known her since 7th Rade and am really close to her - one of my best and the longest friend. I totally did not see it coming. Her dress was shipped here so I will be mailing it to her along with her MOH gifts I had already bought. :-(

AHHH, the birthday! Us, too!

Two days before, my second cousin, C, and her daughter, D, both of whom had roles helping in set-up and cake cutting, called to say they couldn't make it because it was D's son's birthday and he had a peewee football game. Umm...shouldn't you know if it's your son's birthday like...well before our wedding? It's your son! And he has an 7-year-old peewee football game? That was definitely our lamest bail.

@sunshine she used to be a really close friend, but whenever she's in a relationship, she becomes obsessed with it. I've been there for her through all the breakups so was quite hurt. When I sent the STDs, a month later she started asking for her invite, every month. Eventually, when the invites where ready, she messaged me every day! And yet....

I submitted my final numbers yesterday so was really upset. Oh and her reply was "geez fck I thought you'd understand" and then she said "these plans were made recently so don't tell me crap about knowing for years"

I mean wtf?!

My cousin's wife facebook messaged me (never sent the formal RSVP, grr) and said she couldn't make it because she has to travel for work the following Monday. Uhmm, did you know the wedding is on a Saturday??

I think that is actually her "polite" excuse because there is a big football game that day (Michigan-Michigan State), and she and my cousin always tailgate and have season tickets. Hope they have fun doing something they can do all fall, every fall, for the rest of their freakin' lives.

Totally not bitter, can you tell? haha

Another argument for a small guest list.

Send her a bill. I'm serious.

FH's cousin facebook messaged him that her babysitter wouldn't be able to keep her daughter for 5 hours so she cancelled 2 weeks before the wedding. THEN the week of the wedding told her brother that she could now go but didn't bother to tell us. We had to hear it from her brother...how fucking rude is that? Yeah she ended up coming and gave us $10 in an envelope. Sweet, thanks.

SnappyLove2015 yup thats exactly what I said to her. She officially brought out the bridezilla. She is now, blocked from every platform! No longer a friend. She also couldnt make it to the bridal shower coz she didnt want to drive "so far" (40 mins)...And exactly, she knew about our wedding since Feb.

Snarky, shes done and deleted!

Ashleigh, atleast a bit more legit...

Kirstenann, gosh, some people. 30th reunion, to see what everyone looks like? Lame!

Emilie, I guess no matter which way you look at it, it still sucks, sorry hun.

We got a "save me a centerpiece" and then the clown didn't show. Then I got made out to be an awful person for (humorously) calling him out on facebook by a 3rd party who ALSO rsvp'd no late, none of her imbecile children could figure out what they were supposed to do with the pre-stamped envelope, etc. Oh, and people who said yes, then no (during the appropriate time frame) since their daughter's homecoming was that weekend & she's a cheerleader. A freshman cheerleader. Super important...

Take a deep breath & be glad she isn't there. And that you don't have to buy her a blessed thing for birthdays, holidays, etc ever again. Or at least until she works off the cost. In all seriousness, try calling your venue. Many times they are reasonable with some guest fluctuation, especially since it's right after your cut date.

That is so dumb, and frustrating!!!!

We had 7 week of cancellations, 4 due to deaths in the family, 2 due to sickness... and 1 dude because he couldn't find a babysitter.... Ughhh.

Kayray, exactly!! Do birthdays simply arrive? what lame excuses!

Lol Hayley, cant tell at all...I mean do people take us for fools?

Oh and the best is that she used language when messaging me, who does that?

Celia, I so feel like doing both those things now!

Liza, wow, some people. How rude!! And to play games like that?! The effort wasnt even worth the $10.

Rynney1979, I almost took to facebook coz she posts her whole life on fb, but im not really the facebook type, so she got lucky there Honestly, do people listen to themselves? Atleast yours declined in the timeframe..BUT yes, I will call the venue and hopefully they can refund us. We've already paid for everyone and the problem isnt so much that, its that there are so many other friends I wouldve wanted to invite, but this selfish person grrr, made it too late now.

Ladymonk, crazy hey!

One of FH's good friends initially said he'd be at our wedding but a few weeks ago said he can't because it's his girlfriend's 40th birthday and she wants to do something big. They've been dating 10 years. I told FH "he didn't know it was her 40th birthday before she brought it up??" Anyway....at least he told us early instead of waiting until the last minute.