There was a heated discussion recently about attending weddings and the appropriate gifts to be presented to the newlyweds. Many questions were floating around and were argued but without reaching any consensus. For every point supporting attendance at weddings, there many against it. Are the attendees considered privileged to have been invited in the first place? Is it an honour to attend? Is the invitation a hindrance or a nuisance to one's smooth sailing of daily routines? Do relatives get offended if they were non-attendees to someone's most important day in their lives? It is the lovebirds' declaration, so they should be in gratitude. There used to be a time when weddings were announced widespread as a form of approval and legitimisation. It also was a diversion from their otherwise mundane lives. Social interaction between relatives was far and between. Humans, being social animals, were leading an agrarian way of living that was so unful...
It is all Mimesis