My fiance and I are getting married in Temecula at the Wine Country Wedding Chapel in Old Town on Saturday, May 12th. It's a very cute wedding chapel that's small and intimate and will hold around 15 people. We are doing our best to limit the guest list, but are running into a problem with his family. My fiance has 4 brothers who are all married with grown children. If we invite all of them plus his parents, we won't be able to invite any of our close friends.
Our question...how rude would it be to just invite his parents and our close friends to the wedding and send out wedding announcements afterwards to the rest of the family.
BTW my mother will not be attending the ceremony since she's in a nursing home confined to a wheelchair. We have promised to bring her a DVD a ceremony for her to watch and enjoy. Also none of my siblings will be attending since we are not on speaking terms