receptivity

Recently my husband and I travelled to Belo Horizonte in Brazil to attend a wedding.  Our son-in-law is from there and his brother had invited us to celebrate in his special day.  A wedding, how could I not attend?  Well, there were plenty of objections that Burt, my husband, and I tried out between us.  It’s a long (very long) flight.  It was costly.  We don’t speak the language.  Did he really want us there or was he