I hope he can get out of the heat. We've been having indexes of 105+ for awhile now. It can really drain you.
Yes they did but they had to make an emergency call for all the bisquits in the county.
I'll help!
I have the exact same thing here. DB(eldest)and SIL lost their home(3rd one since they have been married) for doing stupid sh....too. DM bailed them out-again-and they complain because they have to pay her back $300 a month for their new home(with 1/2 an acre)-pretty darn good "rent" huh and they both work.
I hope your SM doesn't bail them out. It shows your DDad and her that they didn't consider "their" day important enough to plan for.
People who do this figure they can get all the bennies anyways because it would shame the family for them not to be there and they can say.....we couldn't afford it, poor us.....
My DB and his wife tried to pull this same thing on me for my 1stwedding and I told them-"We'll miss you but you had X amount of time to plan and I can't/won't pay for your way because I am not doing it for my other brothers and their families.(they are 10+years older than me, had 2 incomes) Please feel free to attend as guests, but you'd better not poor-mouth to others about not being included because I will reply as to "why" you didn't think my day/your family was as important to you as (your new boat, your luxury vaction....etc.)" They decided they couldn't come with that restriction.
DM wanted to bail them out, and I told her "no way, if anyone asks about their absence tell them, They felt their vacations were more important." It was the truth. They weren't missed and still are sheepish about the situation.
BTW-My brother was supposed to walk me down the aisle since my DF had passed-nice huh!?
I eloped for my second, sent announcement cards before we left and had a reception after we came back-much better!