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TealWedding
Super September 2017

In Laws Keep Inviting People - rant

TealWedding, on June 24, 2017 at 11:25 PM

Posted in Planning 22

My FH and I started by making a tentative guest list, with about 180 people on it. We knew this was a big wedding, so we discussed eloping instead, but knew our families would be very disappointed. So we started looking at venues and took a long time to set our budget. We carefully planned...

My FH and I started by making a tentative guest list, with about 180 people on it. We knew this was a big wedding, so we discussed eloping instead, but knew our families would be very disappointed. So we started looking at venues and took a long time to set our budget. We carefully planned everything, down to the tips and decor. Once we showed our guest lists to our families they both needed to add some people. My parents added maybe 10-15 people, and these are people that I totally agreed needed to come I just forgot. My FH's side added way more. Basically our list is now at 260 people. But all of FH's family are OOT, so hopefully a lot won't come. They kept saying "Well we have to invite...but they probably won't come" and now we are getting some RSVP's that are YES. Keep in mind my FH's parents have contributed SOME money, just about 1/4 of our whole budget. They always offer to give us more, but they haven't followed through. I'm just so annoyed. They added another person today.

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    How does this even happen?

    This is your wedding, not a family reunion, not a chance to pay back obligations, not a neighborhood get together. It's not even so much the money (although it's huge); it's the appearance of all these random people at what should be a milestone event for you.

    Don't send the invites. If this isn't what you wanted to begin with, you're going to get stuck with a party you're paying for against your initial will.

    It's time to start saying no and re-eliminate those people from the list.

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  • #FitzforaKing
    Dedicated August 2017
    #FitzforaKing ·
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    We had eight cousins on FH side that "won't come". 6 rsvped yes and I haven't heard from the other two.

    Make sure you and FH are on he same page - Every guest must be treated as if they are going to show up until hey rsvp otherwise.

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