Oy! Another dateless wedding? What should I do?


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Gr8Guyn2008 is offline Gr8Guyn2008 Post #21  August 12,2009, 9:36am
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Ladyjuju wrote :
My nephew is getting married in October this year! Big wedding, etc.. received my invite to me and a "date"! I do have a few friends I can think of to ask to accompany me to this event, but honestly, why? Do I really need to have a date for my nephew's wedding, ( even if both my children are attending with their girlfriend/boyfriend?) Mom's just paying the hotel bills for them! That's me!! ( the wedding is in a resort town).
Honestly, it's either go to the wedding with a friend, or be exposed to all my relatives saying, OMG, what's wrong with you? your such a beautiful woman, why don't you have someone in your life? What's going on...yadayadayada!!!
I just do not want to bring someone to this wedding just for the sake of not being harrassed by the relatives, on the other hand.............???
Help?? what do you think I should do?
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He should have said "guest" instead of "date". A wedding isn't exactly a dating scenario.
 
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All good advice.
Another suggestion for responding to the "Why don't you have someone?" would be to give 'em a wink and a saucy grin and say something like, "Who says I don't?"

Of course that would only be a temporary stall, and the ideal timing would involve being able to sweep away quickly after saying it.

Jeepers, I'm trying to remember the last time I attended a wedding, other than My Guy's son's this March. I think it might have been 1978.
 
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My niece is getting married this weekend. I'm taking my sister (come on! it worked for prom.)
 
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I have never brought a date for a wedding. The invites that do allow me to bring a date are just be civil, letting me know that they have enough room to accommodate extra guests. Nice, but not necessary in my case.

Your relatives may do the annoying "what is wrong with you" act, but in my experience it is far more common that before to go to weddings stag. People may not even bat an eyelash. I never could understand the hub-ub in the movies about going to a wedding alone. Occasionally it results in being paired up at the table with your maiden aunt, but that could very well be me in 25 years, so I don't mind.
 
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ohhh myy..well of course I have to contribute my own little tale..LOL..

I attend weddings with my son- he is an excellent dancer, and is now actually tall enough to lead properly- so we just have the best-est time ever cutting the rug at weddings and such. I dont get pestered much with questions, because everyone sort of sees that 'she's done the marriage thing already' -even though Im divorced...and I enjoy myself greatly!

I agree go stag and sort the place out!
 
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