Why I Chose My Cousin's Wedding Over Every Other Invitation: Loh #235

The second prompt question from the Ladies of Hive got me thinking through it yesterday and I got my answer. Here is the question:

"You received an invitation to three special occasions, but they all fall on the same day and at different locations — a wedding of your cousin, a huge family reunion, and your best friend's wedding anniversary. Where would you go and why?"

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While trying to figure out whose occasion I would possibly attend and my reason, it made me remember four years ago when my maternal uncle’s first daughter (my cousin) was getting married, and it fell on the same day with my sister’s close friend's wedding. She got both invitations, and she was torn in between which one to go for and not trying to disappoint anyone of them.

If she attends my uncle’s occasion, it would be her honouring his invitation, especially since it’s been a long time since they’ve set their eyes on each other and also an opportunity to meet. For her close friend, she didn’t want to disappoint her. So, do you know what she did?

She asked me to come over so I could bail her out. She chose to go for her friend’s wedding while I had to go to represent us to our uncle's, which means when they saw me, they saw someone from the family come around, and that was enough for my uncle and how she was saved, and everyone was fine afterwards.

So, considering this is happening to me right now with no one to call to bail me out, in fact, it didn’t take me much time to think of which one I would go for, which is very simple.

Really? Simple! How?

I’d be going to my cousin's wedding. Here is my reason. Weddings happen once in a lifetime except for others who had issues in their first marriage and choose to get married again. But in my cousin's case, such wouldn’t be happening, and because it’s always a first-time thing, I would go honour her.

For my family reunion. We all know this happens again and again, and it’s not just a one-time occasion, which means I have gone to several ones in the past, and there’s a possibility more reunions will happen in the future. So, missing this wouldn’t be a problem, and of course, I would have informed them beforehand that I wouldn’t be showing up, and I know my family would understand.

For my best friend. This is an anniversary and not their first wedding. This means I may have attended their wedding before, and not attending their anniversary won’t be much of a problem. All I need to do is talk to my friend and explain the situation and why it’s important to be there for my cousin just the way I was during her's and definitely would promise to make it up for her after the party had ended - we could just meet up and have some moment to celebrate and have fun while all bills will be on me and that wouldn’t create any form of disappointment on her end.

I wouldn’t want to miss my cousin’s wedding which will only happen once, and also, it’s something she’d be grateful for being there to grace the occasion with her.

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