My wedding was supposed to be in May, and my dad strong armed me into inviting his best friend to the wedding, even though my fiance and I are paying for the wedding, not him. His best friend is annoying and obnoxious, and I really didn't want him there, but I wound up giving into my dad's pressure campaign because I just got tired of hearing about it, and he offered to pay for the cost of him and his wife being there. His reasoning was that his BF's daughter was getting married and had invited my dad, so I had to invite his friend. My fiance and I even got in a big fight about it. He knows how much I don't like this man--no particular reason other than he's loud and obnoxious and demands 100% of my dad's attention ALL THE TIME, and I knew my dad would be super distracted from the wedding with this guy around. At my first wedding, my dad missed the rehearsal because he wanted to pick up his aunt at the train station instead of sending his brother who didn't need to be at the rehearsal. So we have a history of this sort of thing, and although I didn't want a repeat, I still gave in.
So, fast forward, BF's daughter's wedding got canceled, as did mine, and then we rescheduled ours for October. The venue told us we couldn't have more than 50 people including vendors so guess who was first to go?! Then my fiance's college told him he could either continue his schooling or have the wedding, but not both. So we had to cancel again. We are now rescheduled for October 2021. And maybe it's the coward's way out, but I already told my dad we are keeping the guest list small due to Covid concerns and that I would not be inviting his BF. All of his brothers will be there, and he'll have plenty of fun without sitting in a corner talking about football with his pal. I'm much happier, my fiance is much happier, and the virus gives us a valid excuse. 
Use what you gotta use, ladies and gents!
