[valkyrie]

HAHA this reminds me of something that happened when I got married.

My cousin on my dad's side (we've never been close) is weird -- once he was on Oprah back when it was dramatic because he was in love with this woman who was in love with someone else. His glory days were when he was an extra in Risky Business -- yeah, that's hot. He used to drive a Camaro. He ended up meeting this fat, bitter fortysomething woman who couldn't wait to start popping out the babies. After meeting her at Christmas one year, she decided that she hated me. The next year she bought lottery tickets for everyone EXCEPT ME (and I cried because scratch-off lottery tickets are just the best present EVAR). When they got married, they invited everyone but me. I wasn't upset at all because I really didn't care to go to the wedding of bitter fatty and my cousin the McDonald's security guard.

When it came time to invite people to my wedding, my dad said that I shouldn't "lowerate yourself to their level" -- which cracked me the hell up and I still use the word "lowerate" to this day (my dad is a wacky engineer type who is more math smart than English smart). So anyway, we invited their dumb asses even though I really didn't want to because they're stupid and annoying. Long story short, they Rsvp'd that they would come and then didn't show up -- SUPER CLASSY as always.

So yeah, if I were you, I wouldn't bother. Wedding aren't the time for stupid people.

ETA: Word now is that even his sisters and mother haven't talked to him for years.