Roughly $200 for airfare from Kansas City to Burbank.
They have a “deal” with hotels nearby the ceremony that range from $80-$100. It would have to be a 2-night minimum to do it.
And that’s not even counting the gift.
I’ve remained on amicable terms with nearly all my ex-girlfriends and have gone to a few of their weddings, but they were always local. I won’t know anybody else there (except for possibly one other person) and there aren’t even going to be any single sweeties there.
I support her and wish her well and would want to share in this “most very special day” but damn, I just don’t want to spend that much money.
Excluding the vast majority of you who hate/don’t speak to your exes, would you spend the dough and go?
Depends whether you can afford it, and how close you are to the particular ex. I’ve done it myself when I really shouldn’t have, financially speaking, but then that particular ex was (and still is) one of my dearest friends.
Nope, you have my permission to skip it. If she’s a friend, if you explain that the budget won’t take this particular hit at this particular time, she should understand. If she’s not a friend, why the hell would you want to go anyway?
Also, you ever hear someone say that they would go to someone’s funeral, just to make sure they are dead? There are certain ex’s I would attend the wedding of, just to make sure they really are getting hitched. And to see what kind of person would marry them.
Nope. Not that any of my exes ever stayed in touch or would have extended such an invitation. I don’t think I’d fly to the wedding of a friend, either. Heck, once I drove several hours to attend a friend’s wedding, and I don’t think she even knew I was there.
If I had that kind of money to blow on a weekend, I’d quite happily show off Mrs. Kunilou to my first wife. Ordinarily I would say it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but since my ex has now been divorced four times, I figure I can catch the next one.
