"My husband's brother, John, married Suzy 51 years ago in a state distant from where we lived at the time. I was seven months pregnant with our third child, and we were living paycheck to paycheck at the time, which made spending money on travel and accommodations a burden. But the real reason I did not want to attend the wedding was because John did not choose to include my husband, his only brother, in the wedding party."
"Ideally, this wouldn't be an issue for either of you. It's odd, verging on inappropriate, that Suzy is bringing it up half a century later. And she certainly doesn't need to involve your granddaughter in it. However, I don't see the use in relitigating it with her. If she chooses not to go to your granddaughter's wedding because you didn't attend hers, that's behavior that she has to own."
John married Suzy 51 years ago in a different state while the narrator was seven months pregnant and financially constrained. The narrator and spouse did not attend the wedding, citing financial burden, but the true reason was hurt that the brother was not included in the wedding party. There was no falling-out between the brothers before or after the wedding. John and his cousin seldom see each other now. Decades later Suzy told the narrator's granddaughter that they had not attended the wedding, prompting consideration of whether to confront Suzy or seek reconciliation for the granddaughter's sake.
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