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Just Said Yes June 2022

Small Celebration Dinner

Jane, on June 1, 2022 at 5:43 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4
I got married in 2020 with a very small ceremony that was just my husband & I and a photographer (it was the height of Covid). We had postponed our original wedding a few times then got pregnant and decided to just get hitched and celebrate later. We had originally planned to do the celebration on a small boat with ~60 guests but the boat plans kept getting postponed and we finally re-scheduled for June 2022 but the boat company fell through and we ended up having to cancel those plans. My dad was just diagnosed with cancer and is going through chemotherapy so we decided to just do a small dinner with immediate family outdoors at my grandma’s house. We only invited my immediate family + my grandma & my husbands grandma. I hadn’t told any of my aunts or uncles about the small dinner celebration since I wasn't inviting them but someone told my aunt and she’s now mad she wasn’t invited. Out of all the aunts/uncles she is the one I am the least close to so I was kind of confused by her being so angry about it. I had planned to invite her to the larger boat wedding but with everything going on with my dad and the fact we’re working on year 2 of marriage already I decided to keep it very small. Am I in the wrong here? Of course I wanted to celebrate with my entire family but priorities changed and now that big wedding celebration doesn’t seem important. With my dad being immunocompromised I didn’t even feel comfortable going to a restaurant anymore, which is why we’ve ended up in my grandmas backyard. Truthfully I don’t even feel like celebrating anymore, with my dad going through chemo, it just doesn’t feel like a happy time. I really don’t want to deal with my aunt feeling slighted for not getting invited!

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Latest activity by Bird, on June 4, 2022 at 12:07 AM
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    VIP September 2020
    Willow ·
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    You are not wrong. You drew the line at immediate family. It's not like you picked some aunts and not others. Some people are just entitled
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  • Cathy
    Dedicated September 2022
    Cathy ·
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    Send her a note stating what you said here. Stay strong for your Dad…he is going to do great! Enjoy your special celebration!!
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    Nope, you are not wrong. However, did the mad aunt say something to you, or did you hear that she’s upset? If she didn’t contact you there’s no reason to address her. If she did you can simply say “I’m sorry you’re upset. We decided due to my dad’s health and other factors just to make it immediate family only. Thank you for understanding.” No further explanation needed.
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  • Bird
    Super June 2021
    Bird ·
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    This happened to me ... my advice would be write a hand written card to this aunt. “Thank you so much for the well wishes for our marriage celebration. We would have loved to celebrate with more guests but we are only having immediate family at our belated wedding reception. We hope to get together with you soon. We love you!”



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