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Holiday or wedding?

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Holidayandwedding · 16/08/2026 09:43

If your sisters wedding was booked for a time you were on a month long holiday that has taken a lot of planning, would you cancel the holiday or go to the wedding? The holiday includes our adult children, one who will just have finished A levels and one who will have just graduated, which is why we planned it for when we have. We have already planned and booked things to do, have concert tickets and have planned things with friends over there.

We have had the holiday booked for a while and the wedding date has only just been announced. We hadn’t told my family about the holiday yet as we were waiting til we saw them. When we saw them last week, they told us about the wedding straight away and then obviously we had to tell them it clashed with our holiday dates. My parents and sister can’t believe we are prepared to miss the wedding. Are we being unreasonable?

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namesarehardtothinkof22 · 16/08/2026 09:54

TeenToTwenties · 16/08/2026 09:53

When we booked our wedding we checked unavailable dates with immediate family.

It's not your fault she didn't do that.

Yes, this is also on them for not doing that!

namesarehardtothinkof22 · 16/08/2026 09:53

So you have had a month-long holiday planned for a while, and you presumably knew your sister was engaged, but you didn’t think to mention it? Sometimes waiting until you see people is a poor choice. You should have told them.

But you didn’t. There is no perfect solution now. Depends what the concert tickets are, and how close you are to your sister.

TeenToTwenties · 16/08/2026 09:53

When we booked our wedding we checked unavailable dates with immediate family.

It's not your fault she didn't do that.

Toodaloos · 16/08/2026 09:50

I think it’s very unfortunate that it clashes. Maybe if you knew your sister was looking at wedding dates you could have mentioned it.

If it were me, yes, I’d move the holiday and attend my sisters wedding but it really does depending on how close you are.

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