We do things a bit differently here - even if we're sending out only e-vites, a few copies have to be printed. The first invitation is (amongst the Hindus) extended to Lord Ganesha (God of New Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles) and/or specific deities worshipped by the clan (Sikhs take the first invitation to the Gurdwara, I'm not sure about what those belonging to other religions do, but there's usually a blessing), the families exchange invitations and some ceremonial gifts, and a few copies are submitted to the authorities/kept at home for record.
my very good friend's mother had passed away soon after her wedding so her things all got messed up. A few years later she realised that her paperwork had also been messed up and all their invitations were missing, so she contacted me since she knew I'd have kept it as a keepsake (I hope she meant I'm a sentimental person rather than a hoarder
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) - that's why I was one of the very people outside the immediate family to get one. I must remind her that I'm the reason she's legally married
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anyway, cultural differences aside, this was a royal wedding, a bit of history, so they would have done things formally and sent invitations even to immediate family as well.
Maybe it had been impressed upon him that he shouldn't consider himself invited unless he received a proper invitation
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Especially in light of the e-mail allegedly demanding that he disown his other children.
Smegs would have been like this one classmate in school. On her birthday she would distribute one toffee each to all the classmates (there were 14 of us at the time, her parents were fairly wealthy ehle most of ours weren't, and she would create a scene and bully other kids for being cheap if they didn't bring in "good" favours worth at least 100 times of those single toffees, each), two to her "special" friends, and would take the toffees back if someone displeased her. "Do as I say or you can't be in the wedding!" We were 10-14 at that time though, I'm hoping (although I'm not at all confident) that she didn't grow up to be like Smegs
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Ah yes, I forgot about when Joey came back as Jessica
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And also:
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