That is sad
Reminds me of my wedding nearly 13 years ago. We had to pay for our own wedding so we were on a TIGHT budget. We have less than $4K for everything (including dress, tux and honeymoon too) and wanted to have a DJ and beer and wine (I hate pay bars at weddings...it seems tacky to me). We could only have 100 people tops and we did not want any children unless they were invited (like my cousins who were in the wedding...they were the only kids I wanted there as I hate kids running around and crying at weddings). We had 90 people RSVP so we invited 10 more. They RSVP'd.
Then on the wedding rehersal night, our singer didn't show up to practice. So, I brought a CD to the wedding because I couldn't reach her by phone. Day of the wedding: I am getting pictures done (which I hate) and someone says "where are all the people?". I am confused, take a sneak look and lo and behold...we have about 40 people total. I was livid but had to get over it. We live in CO and the Bronco's were in the superbowl that weekend. We aren't football people so we didn't realize it until a week or so before the wedding but figured it wasn't a big deal. We found out after the honeymoon that most of the people who didn't come were home watching the game as well as our singer who went to the game instead of our wedding. It could have ruined my day if I had let it. Money wasted...bleh. We are telling our kids to elope and then have a nice party later!