"Apparently invitations *are* subpoenas in a lot of people's minds."

And it assumes that your wedding takes precedence over someone personal plans for their vacation time.

This happened to me too!

Tangental, but if you're ever invited to a Jewish wedding that's on a Sunday, you should know that it's because we're not allowed to get married Friday night or Saturday.

Basically it seemed like an article about what Kate would want to do and see at a wedding.

I'm getting married this month. I'm perfectly fine with people saying no. If you can't or don't want to come that's fine. In fact expected around 10-20% of people to decline- because I realize that other people have lives.

My only advice for guests is this:

I agree that engagement parties shouldn't (and don't) have gift expectations, but the whole point of a shower is gifts. The term actually refers to "showering" the couple with gifts.

Save-The-Date = invitation.

As someone who is getting married in less than a month, I have to say that some of this is accurate, but most of it is BS. I suspect a lot of this is because the author has never planned a wedding and therefore does not know what the hell she is talking about.

Bullshit. Putting kids in a situation where not only can they lose, but it actually matters when they fail is one of the best things we could do for our society.

She's from Canada. The fact that a smart kid from outside the US gave that answer is embarrassing to us, not her.

The girl is Canadian.

I'm sure he's a sociopath. They're saying he doesn't have issues so he can't plead insanity.

Haha actually one of them has some minor gross motor delays that he'll likely outgrow. So at the moment his balance isn't great and I need to hold his hand or keep him in arms length so he doesn't fall down. The other one has no such issue and will sprint away from me the first chance she gets. So I have one who I…

Those stop being helpful if you have a child who refuses to walk once they're tired.

Fuck this. You try taking two-year-old twins to the zoo without a stroller and see what happens to your sanity.