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CMV: Being related by blood, does not mean you should be invited to blood related weddings

I can fully understand the concept of family and the importance of it. Trust me I am not saying family is bad. What I am arguing is that just because you are the daughter of my mother's brother, doesnt mean anything special. Everything outside of immediate family is a joke.  

My parents are giving me shit because "oh you didn't invite your cousin's to your wedding" " your aunt you have never heard of is now mad at our family because we got an invite to her wedding but you cant invite them" 

Honestly, if I spend more time communicating with the cashier's at tim Hortons for coffee, than I do with you, why would on earth would I invite you to the wedding.  Why am I not inviting tim Hortons employees.


I am a family man, I love and believe in the concept of family. Extended family on the other hand is forced and a waste of time and energy.

If I wouldn't hang out with you as a friend, why am I forced to hang out with you cause your blood related.


I get that it might be my mother's brother, but why is it expected to hang out and make their family our family? Because they share a blood line? 

I have not talked to my extended family in over 5 years and I am considered the asshat of the extended family for not inviting any of them to my wedding.  Well guess what, it's not about you, it's my wedding and I want people who know me, who have experienced my life with me, the pains and joys over the years to attend it. I don't want people there to just fill chairs, because you like weddings and you think since we are family it's an automatic invite.
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Are your parents contributing financially to the wedding? Yes it’s your wedding but it’s also a very important day in your parents’ lives as well. Even if your parents aren’t helping you out, it’s still the day they are presenting you as a full adult and giving you away, and it might be something they want their siblings for. If you love and believe in the concept of family you might not want to exclude your parents from having their immediate family there.