so, am getting married soon (as in catholic wedding, followed by a reception and stuff, since i already signed my marriage license a couple months ago).
so, i wanted a smaller affair.
120 people invited, plus 10 or so small children.
we divided the invitations, 60 for me, 60 for my wife. booked the place and everything.
now, i have just realized the tricky part. 60 guests is fine for my wife. 35 family members, and 25 friends.
i have a problem. my mom and dad come from extremely large families (as in 8-9 sibblings EACH). that makes 35+ aunts and uncles, plus 20+ cousins. thats almost 60 people in blood relatives only.
Only inviting close relatives (as in aunts/uncles and cousins), I have only 2 invitations for my friends. One is my best friend and best man, and the other is a closer friend.
it seems i dont have any room to invite any of my bike riding friends, nor my co-workers or other friends. so i´d get married, and only have 2 friends with me.
now, i just cannot invite 10 more people, as the place i booked is good for 130 people only. I´d have to jump to a larger (150-200 people) venue... which raises the cost a good $7000-$8000 if i invite 50 more people.
so... what do i do?
am not really close to my family, and there is actually a few of them i straight out do not like very much... although they are family and it would be very rude to invite some aunts/uncles and not others....
it seems am in an awkward situation here...
so, i wanted a smaller affair.
120 people invited, plus 10 or so small children.
we divided the invitations, 60 for me, 60 for my wife. booked the place and everything.
now, i have just realized the tricky part. 60 guests is fine for my wife. 35 family members, and 25 friends.
i have a problem. my mom and dad come from extremely large families (as in 8-9 sibblings EACH). that makes 35+ aunts and uncles, plus 20+ cousins. thats almost 60 people in blood relatives only.
Only inviting close relatives (as in aunts/uncles and cousins), I have only 2 invitations for my friends. One is my best friend and best man, and the other is a closer friend.
it seems i dont have any room to invite any of my bike riding friends, nor my co-workers or other friends. so i´d get married, and only have 2 friends with me.
now, i just cannot invite 10 more people, as the place i booked is good for 130 people only. I´d have to jump to a larger (150-200 people) venue... which raises the cost a good $7000-$8000 if i invite 50 more people.
so... what do i do?
am not really close to my family, and there is actually a few of them i straight out do not like very much... although they are family and it would be very rude to invite some aunts/uncles and not others....
it seems am in an awkward situation here...