This weekend we will be sitting down to finalise the dreaded guest list and I'm getting really stressed about who to invite / not invite. We got a package deal so have limited numbers and we both have quite big families that have step and half relatives etc. Is it acceptable for example to invite a sister and her new husband but not his grown up children who we only ever see at family functions? I've tried to keep it to those family and friends that we are close to and see / talk to on a regular basis, am I right in doing so? Can I tell certain family members to mind their own business if they start telling me who I 'have' to invite?
Sorry for the rant :0)
CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I wouldn't invite his grown up children anyway,yes ur sister is married to their dad but that doesn't obligate that u have to invite them to ur wedding!invite who u want x
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CommentAuthorValentinaK
I think you have to invite the sister and husband, but kids maybe not so much...but you'll have to be consistent. I've said yes to one of his cousin's kids so has to be all now... however, i'm not inviting generic plus ones... they have to have been with that partner for at least a year if not married. and no guests of guests under 18. You will have to listen to some of the who you MUST invite. You could cause major family rifts if so. For me that meant I had to prioritise which friends to invite and of those which to invite to the day and which to just the evening... It's hard but I think most people understand these days. Especially when they find out the number of guests.
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CommentAuthorWhovianbride
prioritise by who you really want there first, i know I have taken off some of my family as i don't want to end up getting upset on our big day. Which is the reason we are not having a traditional top table as else i will end up being upset by something adams mother will no doubt say .
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CommentAuthorMundith
ive proritised it in the way of: if i wouldnt spend £60 per head on a special meal for them then im not inviting them to the day do and they can make do with evening ;)
