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To be upset - wedding guest related.

186 replies

BunnyPotter · 07/08/2014 08:41

Yesterday we were at a wedding of BIL and his partner. DS (2 yrs) and DD (1yr) were page boy and bridesmaid - not the only ones. DH and DSIL were witnesses.

It was in France so first civil ceremony, then church. The civil was important, not just bureaucracy.

So, DH and kids, DSIL and her husband who was taking photos for the ceremony and DMIL and DFIL and I all arrive together. We're running late. It starts raining and we've got to walk about 500 metres to get to the ceremony. Everybody had umbrellas, apart from DH and I (didn't have any with us as when we packed to leave, it was supposed to be sunny). Everyone was standing outside, with umbrellas or under the lid of the boot sheltering. I realised the time and that they would be really late if they didn't leave then, so said I'd wait with DD (no rain cover for buggy) until it stopped raining then come up. DH hesitated, the rest turned and went.

Up until here, I have no problem.

By the time they arrived at the registry office (equivalent) the rain was harder and it was clear that it wasn't about to stop any time soon.

I ended up staying in the car with DD for the whole ceremony. There was absolutely no way we could come without coats or umbrellas.

I think that it would have been considerate to ask someone in the extended family to nip down with some umbrellas so we could join, when it was clear that the rain wasn't going to stop. They'd have missed 10 mins max of the ceremony if they'd come when DH etc arrived. They did ask someone in extended family (DH couldn't leave after the ceremony apparently) to come after the ceremony had finished.

So WIBU to be a bit upset at being left in the car? DH says I volunteered, so how did they know I didn't want to be in the car Confused and I think that having driven 10 hours to get here with two young children, it was obvious that sitting in the car alone with DD wasn't my plan.

OP posts:
KillashandraRee · 07/08/2014 15:11

Bunny chalk it up to experience maybe (you will never go anywhere without an umbrella again!)?

Did you manage to enjoy the rest do the wedding?

KillashandraRee · 07/08/2014 15:11

*of

SapphireMoon · 07/08/2014 15:16

Was there a good party Bunny afterwards, where you could recover with cheese and wine!
Hope so!

BunnyPotter · 07/08/2014 15:17

I don't drive, I am rarely in the car, neither are the kids, so never store things in it. This was the first time since Christmas that the buggy had been in the car.

I'm never going anywhere ever again without my giant, wind proof umbrella!!!!

I did enjoy the rest of the day, very much in fact!

OP posts:
GarlicAugustus · 07/08/2014 15:22

YABU. But:

I'm never going anywhere ever again without my giant, wind proof umbrella!!!!

I did enjoy the rest of the day, very much in fact!

Very good news on both counts Grin

PleaseJustShootMeNow · 07/08/2014 15:31

OP do you normally reside in the UK? I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone can grow up on this windswept, rainsoaked rock without having an expectation of rain burnt into their very soul. You make it sound like rain on a summer's day is a freak weather event, never seen before.

middlings · 07/08/2014 16:46

Well done Bunny. Unfortunate set of circs all round 'twould seem. Glad you enjoyed the rest of it. Safe trip home.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 07/08/2014 17:28

Well done, Bunny... good result all round, it sounds like you have a very nice relationship with your extended family.

middlings.. I don't see anywhere where Blonde was smug? Her post was the most amusing on the whole thread. Confused

BlondePieceOffFluff · 07/08/2014 18:09

Thank you Wardrobe, you are making my day Smile

And OP I do hope the cheese was nice. Safe journey back home.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 07/08/2014 19:49

Happy to be of service, Blonde, perhaps you were mixed up with somebody else? WineCake

BlondePieceOffFluff · 07/08/2014 21:19

Flowers to Wardrobe. I don't think I was being mistaken though. I did also make a comment regarding a post about a child being dressed in a (slightly too small) diaper and a muslin. This being used to illustrate that a way will always be found if there is a will. My comment was slightly on the sarcastic side I am afraid to admit. Though not disproportionally so compared to the smugness of said post, IMO

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