My sisters wedding - feeling rather upset about the whole thing AIBU?

[lavenderbongo]

So just over 2 years ago we emigrated to the other side of the world. A 26 hour flight away. I was obviously aware that this would mean that I would miss out on extended family gatherings and accepted that. Now last night my sister got married. We had been invited but, there are four of us and we couldn't afford the flights/time of work and so told my sis that we couldn't go.
For the past few weeks I have been strongly suggesting that my Dad and my brother organise something so that we could watch the wedding, or at least the reception via Skype. I explained all the ways this could be done and we even brought my Dad an Ipod so that we could skype over that if the laptop couldn't be used.
Anyway the previous night my Dad said if we kept the laptop on and next to the bed and set the alarm for 2am in the morning (my time) he would skype us and let us see my sis walk down the aisle. (the wedding was in a registry office so did have wireless - he even got the access codes).
So 2am this morning the alarm goes off and I check the laptop. None of the family is on. Affter half an hour I try ringing mobiles to check everything is ok - but no one answers. I wait almost an hour and no one appears so eventually i go back to sleep. Wake up this morning (should be the time of the reception) and still not one in on skype. Not even any pics on facebook.
By this time I am a bit upset (alright balling my eyes out). I thought someone at least would have put a few pics on facebook.
Eventually, late this morning my cousin has put some pics of her kids at the wedding on facebook. Clearly posted whilst she is at the reception. If she can do it why can't any of my own family?
I just feel rather left out and forgotten. I know I made the decision to move over here - but surely someone could have taken some pictures of my sis and stuck them on facebook. Why tell me to set the alarm for 2am if no one was going to attempt to contact me? AIBU to be rather upset?

[gingergaskell]

Oh just realised something Lavender, interesting in much the same situation you had; where my sister couldn't attend my {OS} wedding, it was still somehow down to me as the expat, even though I was the bride, {and obviously had a lot on that day!} to ring my sister who couldn't come. I hadn't even thought until now that perhaps she might have made some sort of effort to be the one to contact me to wish me all the best, since she couldn't make it!

As the expat, it just does go with the territory that it's expected that you are the one to keep the contact / make amends for not being there, since you are the one who chose to leave.
I think that comes down to being removed from everyone else's day to day lives, they are not really aware of what you are experiencing, having not had that experience themselves to refer to, and their lives going on as it did before you left, as I mentioned before.