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Right now it's looking like only two of my friends will be going to my wedding. I'm trying not to be heartbroken about it, but it's difficult. I understand that it's really hard for people to travel all the way across the Atlantic for a wedding, which is why we are having it in England in the first place. Mike gets to see his British friends and family so rarely that I really want them to be able to attend the wedding. My friends and family are also more likely to be able to afford the journey, because the cost of living in England is much higher than it is here, and my friends earn much more than his friends do. So we were forced to choose a country for the wedding, and England was the right one for several reasons.
I knew that many of my friends wouldn't come, but I'm really surprised that almost none of them will be there. The only dream I had ever envisioned for my wedding was a huge party with lots of dancing and all the people that I love. We definitely aren't going to have that. I've had five friends decline this week, and several others that have told mutual friends (but not me) that they wouldn't go. I called Mike in tears tonight, just out of the disappointment of it all. I'm trying not to be too upset, though. After all, my immediate family, my aunts and uncles, one of my cousins, and two of my friends will be able to go. It will be wonderful to have them there. I know we'll still have a great wedding and a happy marriage. But still I can't help but think that if it were my friend getting married in England, I would do anything to be there, without question.
Mike has been so sweet, though, reminding me that we will make vows to each other in front of our families, and things are still going to be perfect. He's right, of course.
I knew that many of my friends wouldn't come, but I'm really surprised that almost none of them will be there. The only dream I had ever envisioned for my wedding was a huge party with lots of dancing and all the people that I love. We definitely aren't going to have that. I've had five friends decline this week, and several others that have told mutual friends (but not me) that they wouldn't go. I called Mike in tears tonight, just out of the disappointment of it all. I'm trying not to be too upset, though. After all, my immediate family, my aunts and uncles, one of my cousins, and two of my friends will be able to go. It will be wonderful to have them there. I know we'll still have a great wedding and a happy marriage. But still I can't help but think that if it were my friend getting married in England, I would do anything to be there, without question.
Mike has been so sweet, though, reminding me that we will make vows to each other in front of our families, and things are still going to be perfect. He's right, of course.