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Selfish relatives

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Weepingwillows33 · 29/07/2021 12:17

My cousin is getting married (delayed wedding from last year) in mid-August. Her parents (my aunt and uncle) live overseas so will need to quarantine when they arrive in the UK ahead of the wedding.

My sister is then getting married in early September so my aunt and uncle will still be in the UK for that wedding.

Another uncle owns a house in Greece and various aunts, uncles and cousins are planning to travel to Greece for a holiday between the two weddings arriving back in the UK 3/4 days before my sister’s wedding.

My mum and sister are now getting super stressed about so many family members travelling to Greece just before my sister’s wedding in case travel rules change or they get exposed to Covid on the flights etc. Particularly as there is quite a lot of speculation in the media about Greece being moved to Amber status.

As it is, since my aunt and uncle were not vaccinated in the UK, EU or US they will need to quarantine when they return from Greece to the UK and, based on their current flight dates, they wouldn’t make it to the wedding even if they do an early release test.

AIBU to think that my family are being quite selfish travelling to Greece? Organising a wedding is stressful enough, without having to worry about up to 10 people having to drop out last minute.

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IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 29/07/2021 12:37

Whilst I personally don’t agree with holiday travel during the pandemic it’s up to them. The risks of changes, quarantine etc are well known.

A wedding, in reality, is only important to the couple and maybe their parents. If they don’t want to go they should just rsvp and decline then their flight dates don’t matter.

AnyOldLion · 29/07/2021 13:00

Are they vaccinated? I thought that the double vaccinated now don't have to quarantine when returning from amber countries.

DoingItMyself · 29/07/2021 13:15

The thing to remember is that the bride isn't actually the centre of the universe to anyone other than herself. Weddings are an expensive pain-in-the arse to guests. Perhaps taking a few days holiday between endurance sessions will make it more worthwhile for those guests.

AnyOldLion · 29/07/2021 13:18

Ah I see, they have been vaccinated.

Do you mean that legally they won't be able to come to the wedding?

In which case I'd just say that straight - legally you cannot come to the wedding as you have not correctly quarantined.

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