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    • MrsR-C2b
      CommentAuthorMrsR-C2b
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    I love my H2B so much and today he sent me the loveliest care package because I have tonsillitis... BUT
    last week I used our guest list to work out how many invitations that we needed to send. He had seen the list but when I asked him to fill in the addresses he's added about 10 people to the list!! I feel so annoyed as I had sat down and worked out exactly how many invitations we needed and then bought enough stationary accordingly. Also, he wants a friend who's from Germany who he isn't that close to, but because he's from Germany he's decided he needs to be an all day guest. GAAAHHHH!!! I'm so annoyed!!!! Then there's my mum who's telling me I 'really should have so and so' and I just feel frustrated with nobody to rant to!!

    Am I being a complete Bridezilla, because I try really hard to be cool for everyone else...???
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    • Whovianbride
      CommentAuthorWhovianbride
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    You need to know your budget and work out how many people you can afford and pic who You and you OH want most not your mum etc. i agree in part that guests traveling a distance should be all day guests but if there are others you would prefer there then invite them instead.

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    • AH86
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    I have a friend from Switzerland who I want but am not that close to so I decided I would only invite to the evening as I would have done if she lived closer then it's her call. I have a very strict number of guests for day I must stick to which keeps us in budget so I agree with Lana above that you need to work out budget and then with mums I have had to out my foot down. If you have availability after received RSVPs maybe suggest that they will be then be invited. I will be sending evening invites only out later so that I can upgrade people if space becomes available.

    Ultimately, it's your wedding so do what you think is best but no you are not being a bridezilla!

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    • MrsR-C2b
      CommentAuthorMrsR-C2b
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    Thank you, I mean the freaking wedding is in three months... should we really be having this discussion now?? The guest list is under the maximum number which is 150 for the day!! How crazy is that?!? I mean the guests she's saying we should invite are invited to the evening anyway.... I just get fed up... they drive me mad!!

    I wouldn't mind if this was the only thing... but honestly... he's so nitpicky and difficult. He wanted to help me choose the bridesmaid dresses and then refused to wear a buttonhole because he'd never heard of it so that's not what happens... I was like SERIOUSLY?!? (he's having a button hole now!)
    Thanks girls!
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    • AH86
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    Blimey yeah 3 months to go this discussion should be irrelevant. I would just say ah well too late now, I'm sure they wouldn't expect a day invite anyway! Good luck lovely! My OH is the same with certain aspects but then I tell him how it is going to be and that is that haha! X

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    • CatherineR
      CommentAuthorCatherineR
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    Why don't you just photocopy an invite or an e-invite?? If he wants this person then fine but they shouldn't expect anything at this late notice!

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    • AmyK
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    Nope - I understand completely!
    Our list has grown & grown - and if someone said they couldn't attend then it was another invite out the door to bump someone up to day - my OH seems to think I've got an endless supply of invites I've hand made.
    It's not just the materials, its your time to make them too that you need to find.

    I was getting a bit irritated the other night sorting out evening invites when he was winding me up & spending more time on his phone than seeing our dodgy printer was chewing the (expensive, low on stock) paper - so I told him - "if it seems as though I'm getting annoyed, what do you think I've been spending my lunchtimes at work trying to sort out?". He became a lot more helpful then, having appreciated the effort I've put into sorting them out.




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    • DonnaH39
      CommentAuthorDonnaH39
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    If he isn't close enough to invite to the full day then I wouldn't invite him to the day just because of the distance, I'd either just invite to the evening or not invite at all, my oh has friends who live far away and I said would you invite them to the day and he's said no because why should they get the whole day invite just because they live far away. He never see's them so he's not inviting them at all.




 

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