People who rsvp yes and then don't show up

We had four people who did not come to the wedding after saying they would, but they all had reasons:

A couple did not come as the wife threw her back out earlier in the day and was confined to bed

A friend had recently had foot surgery and the medication knocked him out. He realized he missed the wedding when he woke up and saw a picture from the reception on FB

A friend came to the wedding, attended part of the cocktail hour, then left because he felt ill (not sure if he came down with a bug or if something in the food didn't agree with him - everyone else was fine)

This is a totally acceptable reason for not attending (being ill or in the hospital)! You also notified your friend the next day and sent a gift. God bless you! I had someone who RSVP'd YES to my daughter's formal wedding and reception. But then did not show up, call, send an apology, a card, or a gift! I was shocked at how rude this was especially since she is a professional woman ( ex-lawyer, now a realtor). When I saw her at my sister in laws a few days later for Christmas, she blew off her absence with an exaggerated tale of saving a family from being homeless. This was confirmed by her BFF to not have been the exact truth. I have now excluded her from future social invitations.

This didn't happen to me. I was a BM in a wedding and the bride told me that the reason that she chose her MOH over me was that she has known her longer than me. (Still salty about this years later, but whatever) Anyway, so her MOH left right after the ceremony, mid-way through pictures. Why you ask? She wanted to go night fishing with this new guy she just met. Literally her words. My friend was so mad. MOH never mentioned it at all throughout the day. Just said, "Oh hey. He's here. I'm leaving. Congrats!"

The bride of this wedding is ironically the same girl who got peeved at me for not asking her to be my MOH for my wedding. I'm not smiting her. She just isn't the best choice for MOH for me.

My "maid of honor" left to go four states over for a guy sue broke up with and said my wedding was the next Friday with a inappropriate date. (She had a save the date and invitation) I told her it's this Friday. She still left after saying she would fix it. One of our grooms men didn't show, and a childhood parental figure didn't show up either. I'm not sure what we did to deserve it. Oh yeah and my sister who offered to make our boutonniere and bouquet because she owns a craft business said nothing and didn't show.