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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 630709" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>I had the opposite of your experience recently. H and I are friendly with another couple. We see them 3 or 4 times a year, with another couple or two, for dinner. We have never socialized with them alone. My oldest son knows their youngest from Hebrew school but hasn't seen or spoken with him in 10 years. Our other children are much younger than theirs and I'd actually never even ever met their daughters, despite knowing them for over 15 years.. We live about 10 minutes apart,</p><p></p><p>H and I were invited to their daughter's engagement party. I felt like it was a blatant grab for a gift but we went because my 2 other friends were going. IF we get invited to the wedding, I'm not going. I wasn't even introduced to the bride-to-be or her fiancé at the party.</p><p></p><p>In your situation, I can understand the sadness of not being invited but, remember, as the parents of the groom, your friends have less control. They may be trying to patch up their family issues by inviting the extended family members. It sounds like they are having money woes, so they can't even offer to pay for more tables. I would suck it up, send a gift of less value than had you attended in person and ask her to send you a picture of the bride and groom. She might have invited the new people because they may know the bride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 630709, member: 3493"] I had the opposite of your experience recently. H and I are friendly with another couple. We see them 3 or 4 times a year, with another couple or two, for dinner. We have never socialized with them alone. My oldest son knows their youngest from Hebrew school but hasn't seen or spoken with him in 10 years. Our other children are much younger than theirs and I'd actually never even ever met their daughters, despite knowing them for over 15 years.. We live about 10 minutes apart, H and I were invited to their daughter's engagement party. I felt like it was a blatant grab for a gift but we went because my 2 other friends were going. IF we get invited to the wedding, I'm not going. I wasn't even introduced to the bride-to-be or her fiancé at the party. In your situation, I can understand the sadness of not being invited but, remember, as the parents of the groom, your friends have less control. They may be trying to patch up their family issues by inviting the extended family members. It sounds like they are having money woes, so they can't even offer to pay for more tables. I would suck it up, send a gift of less value than had you attended in person and ask her to send you a picture of the bride and groom. She might have invited the new people because they may know the bride. [/QUOTE]
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