Post # 1
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Busy bee
My cousin is getting married tomorrow. Their rehearsal and dinner was last night. My mom made them an awesome cake doubling as a grooms cake and my aunt went into overdrive for this Rehearsal dinner, she wanted it to be perfect, as any mother would. Apparently, yesterdy morning, my cousin was helping someone move and tried to move one of those big tv’s, not the flat screen, the big giant one. So, he did something bad to his back, at the rehearsal he was sitting 85% of the time.
Now, as the mother and father of the groom, how would you feel if your son just didn’t show up, at all, to the party that they spent a lot of money on?
Or on the other hand, what would you say to your parents after this incident?
Post # 3
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Helper bee
I’m not understanding–he and his Fiance didn’t show up at all, or he was there and just was sitting for most of the time? Why didn’t his Fiance come, even if he was hurt?
Post # 4
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Bee Keeper
to be honest i would be more concerned about my son, his health and how he is going to be on his wedding day than the Rehearsal Dinner. its unfortunate that he wasnt able to enjoy all the hard work and cost his parents put into the Rehearsal Dinner but i think his health and well being is more important
edit: ah, ditching the Rehearsal Dinner for drinking with his buddies isnt right but hopefully it was only one drink and then bed – if he partied elsewhere then yeah, i would feel bad for his mom
Post # 5
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Busy bee
He did not come to the Rehearsal Dinner at all. My Aunt was concerned, but was more upset that he didn’t show up, at all. All she kept saying was, “he should have come for five minutes.”
And , I later found out, that he didn’t even go home, he went to a friends house and started drinking.
Post # 6
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Bee Keeper
i’m a little confused, too. they were at the rehearsal but not the rehearsal dinner? surely they said something to their parents at the rehearsal then. to me, “no show” means you just stood someone up, but it sounds like they told their parents they couldn’t go?
Post # 7
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Bee Keeper
oh well that’s a different story…i’d be PISSED.
Post # 8
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Busy bee
@Mrs. Meowerson: Yeah, they told his parents they would be right there, and then called and said we’re going to the “urgent care”
Post # 9
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Helper bee
Ah, I see. I forgot to differentiate between rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. oops!
Yup, I’d be pissed too. At least swing by the rehearsal dinner on the way to urgent care! That would potentially turn the whole situation into a funny story for years to come (remember what happened right before we got married? etc, etc). The way it turned out, it seems to have created some upset and caused some resentment. I’d be so thrilled that someone was paying for the Rehearsal Dinner that I think I’d have to be unconscious not to go!