LW needs to let daughter make "mistakes" about the reception. If running out of wine is something that's still talked about and whether that couple has a good marriage isn't on the radar, LW's family has weird priorities, but LW can take comfort in being able to say "I told you that the one hour of cash bar would have disastrous consequences" till the end of time.
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LW is way too invested in what people will think of daughter's wedding. (And it's her wedding; daughter and fiancé get to say "we'd rather invite these 40 people than these 7 friends of LW", assuming they're staying within the number of invitees LW's agreed to finance.) OMG so inhospitable for cutting off the booze in the final hour!
Daughter has a ridiculous excuse for refusing the extra hour of open bar. If the friend has that much of a drinking problem, having to pay for his booze after three hours of open bar won't stop him. Skip the open bar and do drink tickets instead, or *gasp* don't have the booze. (I admit to being kind of on LW's side here; if I had a friend who drank too much and I wanted to have an open bar at all, I'd be inclined to not invite that friend. But that's daughter & fiancé's call, not LW's call.)
LW needs to let daughter make "mistakes" about the reception. If running out of wine is something that's still talked about and whether that couple has a good marriage isn't on the radar, LW's family has weird priorities, but LW can take comfort in being able to say "I told you that the one hour of cash bar would have disastrous consequences" till the end of time.