if anyone wants to throw in their two cents it would be greatly appreciated.

I live with my boyfriend, this bothers my Catholic family - especially my mother. She is excepting that I don't share her faith but still pressures us to get married. We plan to marry, but I feel no rush and it would just cause unneeded stress while we are both trying to finish school. My distant cousin is getting married this summer and invited the whole family, there are six of us. When my mom asked if my bf was coming I told her that weddings were expensive and it was nice enough for them to invite all of us and I didn't want to be rude bringing someone not invited. My bf has accompanied me to other family/family friends weddings but that was because I received a personal invite that said "you and a guest". Also bear in mind, my cousins are so distant they probably do not know I am cohabitating unless through the gossip train. My mom responded that my brother wasn't going and that the invitation says "and family", which includes my boyfriend since he will eventually be part of the fam. I don't think many people see things this way, my super conservative sister likes to show me statistics of people who cohabitate getting married. I just would feel uncomfortable seeing family members that I only see every couple of years and bringing my bf whom I "live in sin" with to their Catholic wedding. Am I being silly? and if not how can I help my mom understand this?