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Three days before the wedding, my grandfather died of open mike night a massive heart attack. No one from my mother's family came to the wedding except my parents, who were already there when the news came. We had a wedding and reception ready to go for a crowd of almost 50 people...and only about a dozen showed. Even though I could, on one level, understand choosing the funeral over the wedding, I was still furious and deeply hurt. (Before criticizing me open mike night too harshly, refer back to where I say we were never close. There were good reasons why we'd never been close.) One aunt called the day before the wedding and wished us well. No one else ever said a word. No one ever asked how it went, no one ever asked to see pictures...nothing. So, what's my confession, you ask? During the wedding, we didn't do a unity candle, like so many people do.
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