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I have a good group of friends and a reasonable sized family. I can't wrap my head around these weddings with 100-300 guests. Am I a loser or are they inviting mostly tertiary characters.

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I'm the opposite. Lots and lots of friends in my early 20s, almost none now

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

I got married at 40. Parents, siblings, 3 friends. We had a blast.

I have about 30 friends, but they're all over the world. These 3 friends lived where we got married.

I have a large family, but why would I want to waste money (for both them and me) inviting them to a huge event during which I probably won't get to talk to them because there are so many people?

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah if id gotten married around 28-34 like most people who’s weddings I either attended or was in then I could easily get 200 when including family friends.

My mom got jokingly mad at me for not getting married at the time because the unwritten understanding is that wedding gifts are a kind of a communal form of mutual aid. Everybody in the community gives gifts wedding gifts so the couple has a leg up to start out, she paid in to that but until my brother got married wasn’t getting anything back lol