why does EVERYONE want to go to weddings?!

Yeah, I've wondered the same thing. I've always kind of dreaded attending weddings so I don't understand it. It's weird.

Because they assume it's an open bar party. Tell them its 3hr mass with a cash bar or even a dry wedding and watch the guest list magically shrink!

LOL @ AMK - I was just thinking the same thing.

Some people may just feel left out because they know people who are going and wonder why they aren't. At the end of the day they just need to get over it lol

Because its the party of the century! Lol.. Or so I've been told. ..

I just like to dance...and i feel too old to go to clubs

I think it’s just the point of being invited. People like to feel included in things and not left out. I feel like that sometimes too.

Booze and food. Bunch a free loading jerks....

I agree with the other ladies

they want to come and party. If they could skip the ceremony and just come to the reception they would.

Also, as mentioned, people just liked to be invited and feel included

I had this issue big time because I am still in college planning my wedding! So many people that I talked to like twice kept asking if they were invited! Good thing my FH and I see eye to eye a lot otherwise our list would be 500 people. We did ceremony strictly family (except for our throws team and bridal party) and then the others will be at the reception and even then, we have to be good friends with those people. We decided to go with who we want at the celebration with us and that definitely helped a lot! So really, it is all about who you want there to help you and your family celebrate you and your FH's big day!

Cake. I love wedding cake.

Seriously though, I think it's because it's an excuse to party, and in some cases depending on the wedding, to find a sitter for the kids.

I've always wondered the exact same thing. And it's like they can't throw a stink about it because are they the one's paying 50+ per head? No. I too though also agree that it's probably do due the reception more than the ceremony.

They just want to be there to support the couple of course!

Not gonna lie, I want to support the couple and everything but I also want the party.

I love weddings…I have since I was a little girl. I think it's fun to get to see that moment when they say I DO and I cry almost every time. I enjoy the party as well…it's the general happy atmosphere that you don't find at other types of events.

That being said we are inviting 110 and expecting 80-90 to actually attend. It's a few hours away from everyone at least and we have a few guests from the east coast and abroad on the must invite list who probably won't make it. I wanted a wedding of around 30-40 and he wanted around 150 so we are compromising. So many people, coworkers and such, think they are getting invites. I've already told him the party line, "We are having a small, intimate wedding so please don't be insulted if you don't receive an invite."

I am never offended if I am not invited to weddings.

I love to go to eedfings for the ceremony only. Most of the time, I don't attend the reception.

I don't honestly think that everyone wants to go. I think that most people want to think that everyone wants to go to their wedding.

My aunt and uncle were so not interested in attending my sister's wedding, they didn't even bother to RSVP. (No congratulatory e-mail, no card - nothing!).

When they heard that my wedding was in the same town as a major amusement park, their kids want to go to, they sent my parents their 1st Xmas card in 10 years, and asked to be my friend on Facebook. Nope, not invited!