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"I know this is par for the course with a destination wedding (and Indian weddings!) and I&amp;amp;#8217;m all for it then. After all, standard weddings don&amp;amp;#8217;t tend to be more than six hours, and guests shouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t spend more time flying than enjoying themselves! But for non-ethnic weddings where the couple lives? I&amp;amp;#8217;m on the fence. On one hand, it&amp;amp;#8217;s overkill. I always roll my eyes at my dad who marks turning another year older with a &amp;amp;#8220;birthday week celebration.&amp;amp;#8221; Why should a one-day event stretch out over the course of a few days? Besides your immediate families, your guests may not be so stoked about paying tribute to your new marriage for days on end. They&amp;amp;#8217;ve got lives to get back to! And having different outfits for all the events can make a guest go broke. On the other hand, I love parties, especially weddings. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;d be fun to have not just one happiest day of your life, but two or three. A wedding I&amp;amp;#8217;m traveling for in L.A., though not technically a destination wedding because it&amp;amp;#8217;s in the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s parents&amp;amp;#8217; backyard, has three days&amp;amp;#8217; worth of parties: a dinner, followed by a jam session (a jam session!) on Friday night, a hike and a &amp;amp;#8220;surprise&amp;amp;#8221; on Saturday, and then the ceremony and reception on Sunday. And my friend, the bride, totally understands that not every guest will come to every event. We&amp;amp;#8217;ve got other friends and family we&amp;amp;#8217;d like to see while we&amp;amp;#8217;re in L.A. (plus, I&amp;amp;#8217;m not much of a hiker), so I think we&amp;amp;#8217;ll just be attending the Friday and Sunday parties. So if I have to pick a side, I guess I&amp;amp;#8217;m pro weekend-long weddings, as long as there&amp;amp;#8217;s no pressure to show up for every single affair. What side are you on in the multi-day wedding debate? Will your wedding be more than just one day long? Do you go to every wedding event you&amp;amp;#8217;re invited to when there are multiple over a weekend? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Brand X Pictures"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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