The letter writer’s wife didn’t make the cut for his son’s City Hall wedding, which only six guests can attend.
My son from a previous marriage is having his wedding at City Hall. The city restricts guests to six people. He has included me, but not my current wife of 12 years.
I am trying to be as diplomatic as possible, but I will not attend the wedding without my wife. I would like your opinion on my stance on the issue.I’m sympathetic to it, but that’s a different thing. I understand that including spouses on guest lists is nearly an absolute, because it’s rude to exclude them — and that you want to celebrate with your wife. But when a couple weds at City Hall and there’s a hard cap on attendance, all expectations are off.
I thought you would encourage parental discretion to the point of minimal involvement, while others thought you would say that if the parents are paying, then they get to weigh in on decisions. Would you mind settling this argument before the next pop of champagne?!You win. I’m not sure whose column your friends have been reading, since I don’t recall ever supporting the use of money as leverage over someone else’s plans .
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