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My mom died ten years ago.  And I've seen her side of my family little since.  (Seeing my father is pretty much the same; I only see or contact them if I initiate.)

Every time I catch up with one of my cousins, it's always dire and never good.  Marriages ending, jobs going away, drug addictions, etc...  I love these people, but it's a stressful, anxiety-ridden, emotional downer to talk to any of them.

Our RSVPs were due on the Ides of March, and we're quickly following up with those we've not heard from to get numbers as the venue payment is due next week...

Now, I never imagined that anyone from my mom's family was going to come, but I feel horrible after pestering two cousins to see if they were going to make it.  One said succinctly that it is financially impossible ATM; he just got married in November, and I couldn't make it to his wedding because I was saving up for my own.  The other cousin devolved into how she is declaring bankruptcy and how she is paying for her mother and our aunt to get to Missouri to rescue our great aunt from her meth-addict son.  And then she told me about every other bad thing that has happened since the last time we spoke.

I'm sitting at work, calming down a panic attack because I'm heartbroken over something I knew was going to happen and how I can't help them out at all.  I just feel like the last piece of my mom fell out of the wedding.

I guess this isn't really wedding related, but you all have become my bridal support group...  Even if I'm a lurker 93.78% of the time.
<bot>: Maternal family isn't coming to the wedding; I knew this, but it still hurts a hell of a lot.  Feel like last piece of my mother fell out of the wedding.