Who has never been in the embarrassing situation of being invited to a marriage which you have no desire to surrender? A friend who is not one, a colleague you do not have to worry about, or an ex relegated definitively in the meanders of the past: the issuers of the announcement that you would have preferred not to receive can be diverse and varied . But remain a constant: find a good reason to make them false hop.



"I have another wedding"

As weddings are usually concentrated in a short space-time sailing from early May to late July, it is not humanly impossible past the thirties to have two weddings during the same weekend. A law of Murphy that you can turn here to your advantage, on the pretext that "not really sorry, I will have loved to come, but my beloved brother also marries this day. "Packed, it's weighed.


2. "I'm on holiday"

The ex man of your life marries the looooong weekend of May 8? What a pity, you had precisely planned since last Christmas to pass it in a neo-Buddhist ashram nested in the bottom of Lot-et-Garonne. And unfortunately, the stay is not refundable ... it's really, really shame!


3. "I get operated"

Yes, this good old hip still causes you trouble and you can not stand too long! Not to mention the journey by car that it is unimaginable to accomplish in the present state of things. The wedding is in Paris? "My wisdom teeth operation is scheduled the day before! I will not spoil the photos with my hamster cheeks ... "


4. "I do not have the budget"

Really, you would have loved to cross the country to attend the union of Bruno de la Compta and Caro management by the seaside, but lack of bowl, you just sign the quotes for the work of the house and the budget weekend takes a hit. "And then, you understand with the holidays that arrive, the supplies of the back of the children, we are really ric-rac this year. "No one will resent you for being poor, provided you do not say it with a brand new it-bag on your arm.


5. "I have a sick child"

As the usage repeated, "the bigger it is, the more it passes. "The technique is simple: pretend to accept the invitation and, three days before, make a tearful phone call in which you mingle in apologies: " It has 40 ° fever, I do not know what to do, I am really sorry, but I do not think we can come if his condition does not improve ". And it will not improve (laughing Machiavellian) . It's cruel, frankly not ethical, but it's effective!