I'd heard that most of those thought that they had gate crashed a wedding ceremony/reception?
There’s a hierarchy at those do’s. Cherished loved ones and friends on the top table. Close friends and relatives just in front, acquaintances and afterthoughts at the back (room fillers as they are known in the wedding game). The only problem with being one of them is you get last crack at the wedding list and the cheap stuffs gone. Using that analogy you don’t want to be one they brought the chairs in for?