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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RSteve" data-source="post: 568857" data-attributes="member: 164">There's a funeral today at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. I was asked to attend. It's graveside and the windchill is -26. About 20 years ago, the deceased, who I knew socially, asked me if I, with another friend, would cater his wedding. He said he wanted a nice wedding for his bride-to-be, who had never been married, but he was not in a financial position to hire a caterer. He would reimburse us for all expenses, including hired servers. To make a long story very short, after the wedding, he and his wife skipped town and I was out a lot of money. I heard the marriage ended within months of the wedding and I didn't hear from or see the guy for at least 10 years. When I did run into him and confronted him over stiffing me for the expense of the wedding, he said he was broke, living on V.A. compensation and Social Security and just walked away from me.He was a veteran and I feel attending is the right thing to do. He apparently has no family living in MN. But it's bitter cold and I am still angry that he had no intention of reimbursing me for expenses. The wedding was for about 150 guests, with a costly dinner menu. Maybe some of those guests will show up at the burial, but I doubt it.</blockquote>

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