"Yeah, that's kinda what I'm thinkin'," Russell agrees, grinning down at his coffee before he takes a sip. "I mean, if our parents were around maybe it'd be different, tryin' to make them happy and everyone else in the family, but it's not the same here. Everyone from home, parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles, all the people who'd expect to be invited and who'd want their opinions to be taken into consideration, they don't exist here."

They still exist -- though maybe not in Russell's case -- but it's not like they'll make it in time for the wedding. They won't be able to just fly in.