It is best to attend weddings as a good friend but not in the wedding party in any case. So thank you!Next marriage I will not be having Cad as a groomsman, check.
Either way you're the asshole when its them that picked stupid crap and inflicted it on everyone. If you bitch about the wedding it's "their day" and you're the asshole. If you bitch about how much it costs, you're a cheap asshole because "how often do they get married? Its THEIR DAY!" etc. If you just don't go, you're a bad friend because "this is the most important day of my life!" So instead I pay my $300, get the cheap ill fitting rented thing, and go smile, and bitch about it on an anonymous message board.If you really don't want to wear what they request, don't go. It's pretty simple. Stop making it difficult. It's their day. If you don't like it, stay home.
Yes you're right the person who allowed his friends to come enjoy a bomb ass party without requiring them to play expensive dress up, bring me gifts or do any dumb shit is actually the asshole in this situation. You're so right bro! Why didn't I see it earlier."The way I did something is the right way"
Maybe turn the mirror and look at the asshole
Easier said than done.If you really don't want to wear what they request, don't go. It's pretty simple. Stop making it difficult. It's their day. If you don't like it, stay home.
I guess the phrase "I'm busy" is foreign to you? I get lots of wedding invitations that I don't attend. The world doesn't end. I get them to people I don't even know that are kids of people I do business with. I get them to some very close friends that I would never attend a wedding they throw. I have other plans, works every time. Or "I'm going to be out of town". It's not rocket surgery.Easier said than done.
"I didn't go to your wedding because the invitation said black tie on it" is a real retarded reason. Almost as retarded as putting it on the invitation.
And if its not your wife, its the wife of your friend. This is only an issue when its a close friend that you can't easy just say "I'm busy" or whatever since they asked you 6 months in advance. Then bridezilla turns the shit up to 11 and you end up spending two straight weekends dicking off at their rehearsals and wedding parties and getting "fitted" for suits that don't fit while spending hundreds of dollars (and losing unknown amount more because you could be working).Now we get to the root of the problem. Your wife. Let your wife go and you do something else that day.