Discussions I've participated in

I am unsure what forum to put this in or if it's even an appropriate thing to ask here, but I feel slightly less awkward asking strangers behind a keyboard than asking my mother at all, so just...

So about 70-80% of our guests are from out of town. My fiance's parents are generously paying for the dinner, which we are so grateful for, but they want to know how many people to expect and what we...