wedding-mania

ok, it's almost 2:15 in the morning and have to be up by 7:30 to meet up with my cousin, but i just have to blog about this.

am actually over this topic, over being annoyed and irritated. now, i just find it amusingly embarassing, not for myself but for these people!

let me digress... when my sister and i had started to talk about the wedding and what it entails, she didn't fail to remind me over and over again that there would be a lot of stressors, stressors that i really could just block and could never be avoided (i.e.: mom trying to take over the planning.. etc.). i must say, mom has been good with inviting people and had kept to her limit (thanks mother!).

then.. there's the others! i got a call from my aunt, a voicemail actually and it went like this: "jen, pinadalhan mo daw sila ____ at ____ ng invitations, pero hindi mo daw napadalhan si ____. siya lang daw ang hindi nakatanggap. padalhan mo daw siya name is _____ address, same address as (the other relatives)." ["jen, you sent invites to ___ and ___, but you forgot to send _____ one. send him one, his name is _____, same address as the (other relatives)."] horacio must have seen the look on my face. i was totally annoyed! i mean, the guest list was mainly those people that horacio and i know personally, since we were on a budget and all as well. then this guy just "requested" to be invited. his now doesn't ring a bell, i don't having a conversation with him or meeting him for that matter! then my mom calls, i asked if she knew this person. she told me yes, and the story gets more interesting! apparently, the "main" person and reason why i included them on the guestlist wouldn't be able to make it due to her situation... and had told this guy to attend on her behalf. the guy was glad to accept the offer and asked "sino ba ang sa atin, ang babae o lalake?" i was just speechless. i didn't know how to react! i mean, here he was saddened by the fact that i didn't send him an invite (save the date), yet he doesn't even know who was getting married! the nerve, right?? so i told horacio the "continuation" of the story and he couldn't stop laughing! it's just so... you think of the word to perfectly describe this!

then mom's story continues.... she spoke to one of her relatives. she mentioned that they have received the save the dates and that some other relatives (who i maybe have met when i was....) are staying with them and told my mom to tell me to send them invites too!! take note.. relativeS! mom told them she wouldn't ask me to do so (thank you so much mom!!). but, guess what? this person had insisted my mom to ask me, since she is the "mother". then she continues on asking if i had invited one of my aunts... mom just replied "i think so." i mean, who are they and why do they care so much who i invite and don't??? i mean, their kids had gotten married in the past years and did my mom tell them to invite pontious pilate??

i was so furious when i heard these stories, and i could just hear my sister: there are more things to come, this is just the beginning. i'm really over in by now, well.. maybe a bit irritated still. but who wouldn't be? i guess, i should be flattered... after all, they all want (and begging??) to be invited to my big day after all! hehe