No Mexico

[urbeatle]

Turns out I'm not going to my sister's wedding on Feb 16th through 19th, as I originally thought. It would cost $450-$550 roundtrip, and that doesn't cover wedding clothes.

Whether or not I can afford to go to Dundracon (which is the same weekend) has yet to be determined.

Comments

[vajrabot]

Some people were asking if they could stay with us, but we told them we have a standing invitation to you and hereticxxii to stay with us and we had to check with the two of you before saying yes.

[urbeatle]

I'm thinking about it! It's getting so that I only get to see you guys twice a year...

[chaosphaere]

I imagine you're not the only one who can't make it. I hope she doesn't hold it against you.

Is this her first wedding?

The expense of relatives' transit is why M and I did not do a destination wedding or get married in Southern California. My mother had already invited everybody the moment I announced the engagement, and this included a number of poor relatives who were dependent upon my mother for a place to stay, if attending the wedding at all.

I think families tend to be more forgiving if it's a second marriage.

I am in another relationship now, and funny enough, my mom is already talking about a commitment ceremony... OMG.

[urbeatle]

This is her third wedding. I don't think she will be upset, just maybe disappointed, but she knows I have no way of getting there at the moment.

This situation is hard because his side of the family is in Mexico, plus he can only take the weekend off, basically, so they can't really have the wedding too far away. But, when you move to another country and marry a citizen from that country, you have to expect it's going to be difficult getting both sides of the family together.

[chaosphaere]

Well, okay. That all makes sense.

One advantage to being in a gay relationship is that my mom is NOT going to invite the relatives to the commitment ceremony if/when we have one. So. No guilt about where the location is.

Personally my feeling is that since we're not expected by society at large to have a wedding... I'm OFF THE HOOK.

[vampyrecat]

I just noticed that Frontier is having a sale from Sacramento to Cabo San Lucas for like 99 bucks each way.

[chaosphaere]

Oh and. I want to do coffee/tea/soda/whatever sometime with you and with my new squeeze!

[urbeatle]

Sure! I work nights Monday through Thursday, though, and Saturday morning. I'm mainly free Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday day. There's a prepetual barbeque Sunday evenings, so I usually do that.

[chaosphaere]

That's fine. I should be up on a more permanent basis very soon. Where do you work these days?

I don't know if you followed this but I'm actually starting the prerequisites for the registered nursing program at SCC. I signed up for an online class so that I can be in the system for the harder-to-get classes in the fall.

[urbeatle]

I'm working for a company that does political surveys. Not the greatest job in the world, but I'll find something better...

Yeah, I noticed that you were accellerating your move to Sacramento. That's cool!