[Quality_Not_Quantity]

I understand the frustration: we had a significant number of people RSVP for our wedding, and not show up.

I don't understand this (seemingly) more and more common phenomenon; to be thought of highly enough to have been invited to (arguably) the most important day in a couple's life, accepting the honor of the invitation, then deciding, no, I think I would rather Simonize my cat that day than show up.

I don't get that thinking at all...

[GeronL]

society has cheapened marriage, which is not a good sign for society

[afraidfortherepublic]

Poor cat!

[SamAdams76]

I don't think it's any more common today then it was in the past. Even back in the 1970s, every wedding receptions always had it's no-shows. Almost every wedding I attend, my wife seems to come away with an extra favor due to somebody at the table not attending.

This is the reason we've always had "wedding crashers". Now it takes nerves of steel to show up at a wedding uninvited and pretend you are a "co-worker" or "friend" of the bride or groom as you take advantage of the open bar, but people have been successfully pulling that routine for decades.