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Sigh.
My mom just sent an e-mail to me and five other people whose names I don't recognize, but I assume they are friends. The e-mail basically says that she and her fiance are torn between two options for the wedding and asks for input. Okay. Then she goes on to say: "Keep in mind that whatever we do, you will likely be co-opted to help. Some of the options require less work than others!"
This really bugs me. If she had said something like, "We may need additional help", that would be one thing, but I really think it's rude to ask for someone to help. I hadn't been planning on volunteering any manual labor considering we're spending a shitton of money to go to this wedding and we wanted to see the sights while we're there, not spend our time decorating. I'm pretty annoyed. I guess I will recommend the less-work option, but I am wondering if there is a polite way I can point out to her that it's pretty thoughtless to enlist her friends' help like that unless they've already offered.
Re: Sigh.
LOL. Between this, tiered invites, and asking people to pay for her FFMIL's plane ticket rather than give a gift (I think she changed her mind on that, though), they'd rip her apart.
Email her and be honest. Tell her that you are able to help with whatever from your end here but once you get there you aren't available.
That's a nice way to put it. Thanks