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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 421198" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I come from a family spread over a large area. All my siblings were invited to my three older kids' weddings, but the two who live furthest away were unable to attend. My eldest brother didn't get to any of the weddings - a combination of being broke, and having surgery schedule for prostate cancer repair work. He had no control over when the surgery was scheduled. My sister (the youngest) lives half an hour south of our older brother, was able to attend only one wedding because their farm was in harvest mode for the other two. Sis-in-law lives on the other side of the country, got upset at the date for difficult child 1's wedding and actually wanted us to change it to a few weeks later, so it would be more convenient for her. I was sad that not all my siblings could make it, but I understood. I wasn't happy with sis-in-law's continued expressions of unhappiness over the date, there was no way we could make such a change.</p><p></p><p>Some people make life easy for you. Some make it difficult. With the ones who make life difficult, we tend to not put ourselves out for as much. It's a fact of life.</p><p></p><p>Witz, you've done everything you could and more. Don't let anyone make you feel guilty.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 421198, member: 1991"] I come from a family spread over a large area. All my siblings were invited to my three older kids' weddings, but the two who live furthest away were unable to attend. My eldest brother didn't get to any of the weddings - a combination of being broke, and having surgery schedule for prostate cancer repair work. He had no control over when the surgery was scheduled. My sister (the youngest) lives half an hour south of our older brother, was able to attend only one wedding because their farm was in harvest mode for the other two. Sis-in-law lives on the other side of the country, got upset at the date for difficult child 1's wedding and actually wanted us to change it to a few weeks later, so it would be more convenient for her. I was sad that not all my siblings could make it, but I understood. I wasn't happy with sis-in-law's continued expressions of unhappiness over the date, there was no way we could make such a change. Some people make life easy for you. Some make it difficult. With the ones who make life difficult, we tend to not put ourselves out for as much. It's a fact of life. Witz, you've done everything you could and more. Don't let anyone make you feel guilty. Marg [/QUOTE]
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