Is being a guest not an honor?

If everyone invited has a job, then who sits in the audience to view/enjoy the wedding as a spectator? Even if money is not an issue for potential attendants, not everyone wants responsibility beyond having a good time. Attendants are typically the nearest and dearest inner circle, not everyone the couple knows. Readings are most often read by officiants. Guests are most often greeted and ushered to seats by groomsmen. Alot of the dread of finances and attending the wedding in general for many people stems from the Wedding Industry TV/magazine idea that being a guest is a chore unless there is a job assigned as incentive? What are your thoughts and experiences?