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Chelsea
Expert July 2021

How to handle parents invites

Chelsea, on January 21, 2020 at 12:30 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 6

Hello fellow brides!

I really don't want a huge wedding due to my FH having a large family we are having a large wedding. However, I put my foot down on 250 guest. My venue allows 650 so the space is not an issue. I would personally rather go to vegas lol and save money. But anyways.. His parents are separated and my parents aren't. My parents have 72 people coming. His mom alone has invited over 85. The rest are the bridal party and our friends. I have asked for a guest list since November now that I am in full planning mode. Its time to start buying center pieces that I am making and lock in with my cater and decorator. My Future father in law has not given me a list and we both have been asking for months.

Is it fair to give him the rest which is 40? It seems fair? I refuse to go over 250. My parents are helping with cost. My FH mother has been helping as well. The rest will be FH and I.

Also my FH sister in law told me that the dad didn't really help with their wedding and that it was pulling some leg to even get him pay for the rehearsal. So if the rest of us are paying for it than telling him hes only allowed 40 guest is okay?

6 Comments

Latest activity by Jennifer, on January 30, 2020 at 2:32 PM
  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    If giving you a list isn't a priority for him, I wouldn't allocate any of my guest list to his friends.

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    Tell your fiance to inform his father that if you don't get a guest list by the end of this month, your guest list will be finalized with no other people invited. Keep in mind not everyone will RSVP yes.

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  • Jennifer
    VIP August 2021
    Jennifer ·
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    I agree with the others. Have FH give his father a deadline and stick to it.

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  • N
    Master January 2015
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    I completely agree with PP's. If FFIL isn't contributing financially to the wedding, you're simply being kind and generous by offering to give him his own part of the guest list. If he isn't willing to get you that information by a hard deadline, he just won't have guests invited on his behalf.

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  • Chelsea
    Expert July 2021
    Chelsea ·
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    I have asked my FH daily if he has talked to his dad and he has told me he hasnt but I know he has. My FH and I really dont talk about the wedding but ive been pushing him to talk to his dad.. So far no movement and its starting to really piss me off that my FH cant simple ask his dad where his guest list is.... We will be talking tonite.

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  • Jennifer
    VIP August 2021
    Jennifer ·
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    You've got this! And tell FH, no list, no invites. So if his dad gets mad that no one from his list got invited, you can direct him to speak with his son about why he was never contacted haha!

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