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"At some weddings, it&amp;amp;#8217;s not that obvious, but at others, you can&amp;amp;#8217;t help but notice it&amp;amp;#133; Guests who responded yes don&amp;amp;#8217;t show up. At my wedding, two out of 150 people didn&amp;amp;#8217;t make it. One of Paul&amp;amp;#8217;s college friends, JD, who was driving down to New Jersey from Boston, had some car trouble and wound up getting stuck in Connecticut for the duration of our reception. He texted to let us know. We felt awful that he ran into this problem on the way to our wedding! Our other no-show: One of my mom&amp;amp;#8217;s former co-workers, who didn&amp;amp;#8217;t bother to get in touch with my mother. She was worried something was really wrong! When she finally got a hold of him the next day, his excuse was, &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m an ass.&amp;amp;#8221; (Uh, can&amp;amp;#8217;t say I disagree.) Nobody at our wedding except the friends who knew those two guys seemed to pick up on the fact that they were missing. But Paul and I have been to weddings where whole tables of people didn&amp;amp;#8217;t show! I always feel bad for the couple because they still have to cover the costs of their plates. So why does it happen? Two reasons: Last-minute problems crop up, as with JD&amp;amp;#8217;s rundown ride. And some people either don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand (or don&amp;amp;#8217;t care) how much money the couple pays to include them, so if they just don&amp;amp;#8217;t feel up for attending a wedding the day of, they opt not to come. Though you can&amp;amp;#8217;t force all your yeses to actually show, you can try this sneaky trick: Wedding caterers and venues tend to set out more plates and seats than necessary, just in case extra guests arrive. So say you&amp;amp;#8217;re expecting 150. If that&amp;amp;#8217;s not the minimum you guaranteed for your wedding venue (it was for ours), you can say 147 or 148 are coming. Then if you have no-shows, you&amp;amp;#8217;re not paying extra. And if all 150 come (which isn&amp;amp;#8217;t extremely likely), your wedding caterer and reception hall will find a way to make it work (but they may charge you for the additional guests, which is fair!). Have you ever missed a wedding you responded yes to? Have you ever been to a wedding where a noticeable amount of guests didn&amp;amp;#8217;t show? Do you suspect that particular people will flake on your wedding day? More Funny Things That Happen&amp;amp;#133; ...Right After Your Wedding &amp;amp;#133;Two Years After Your Wedding ...When Your Friends Get Engaged More Ways to Get Glamour Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule. Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Jupiterimages"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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