"Sadly, people have come to equate weddings with commercial entertainment. If there is an event they want to attend, they understand that they must buy into it by sending a present or, more likely, a donation to whatever fund the couple who might share that commercial attitude have set up. So if there is no event they may attend, there is no reaction."
"DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to stay with a dear friend of many years who had moved several states away. Never having stayed at her house before, I was dismayed to find that the television in the main living area was on all the time. The political views expressed were very extreme. It was also very loud, because her husband is hard of hearing. I knew they supported a different political party, but we never actually"
A couple postponed plans after a bereavement and finally held a small, venue-limited ceremony decades later. The couple sent announcements with pictures and a brief note explaining guest-list restrictions to those not invited. Many family members responded with complaints and implied entitlement instead of congratulations. Social expectation often links weddings to attendance and gift-giving, producing silence when no event is available. A separate account describes a visiting guest disturbed by a host household where the living-room television broadcasts extreme political views at high volume, creating discomfort during the visit.
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