I don't think you should ever have to 'convince' anyone to come to your wedding
They should be proud to be invited
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:24, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

^This

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:26, Reply)

You would think so, wouldn't you?
As my mother was talking with a friend, if you are invited to a wedding and can't go, you just say you're sorry, you can't go. What you don't do is starting questioning the place and date, and saying all the time that you don't know and have to think about it, because it's soooooo far...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I'm sure there's a Spanish saying involving donkeys that explains your family frustrations.
If not, could you make one up?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:41, Reply)

We have something, yes
The honey wasn't made for the mouth of the ass; which means that good things aren't for stupid people who can't appreciate them. In a similar way, we say "don't feed daisys to the pigs"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Haha! I like that.
I'm going to use it.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Feel free
We love our sayings. We can have whole conversations just using them. I don't know if you've heard "La Tortura" with Shakira and Alejandro Sanz, but they basically speak to each other using sayings for almost the whole song.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I knew it!
I love spanish sayings involving donkeys. Can I make one up?

"If you invite donkeys to your wedding, be prepared to shovel some shit"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Hahaha
That's very good! I must translate it onto something that rhymes and use it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:52, Reply)

When you use it, pretend that it's an ancient saying from the heartland of Spain
not something some English bloke made up on the internet
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I might have to replace the word wedding then
for something more general. We never use specifics, just general ideas. Something like If you invite donkeys to your house, be prepared to shovel some shit.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:57, Reply)

That's the one!
Awesome! I invented a Spanish saying. I expect to have it said to me by wise old spanish men in a few years time.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 10:04, Reply)