I know that major wedding stress often comes from who to invite, who not to invite, etc. I didn't think I'd have a problem because from the beginning, we set a guest list and planned on sticking to that number. We initially left 6 of my cousins off of this guest list (while 2 other cousins on the same side are invited and ALL of FI's cousins are invited). The reason we did this is because our mindset was always to invite only the people who we are close to. These 6 cousins never make an attempt to keep in touch and I rarely see them. Some I see maybe once a year and the rest maybe once every 5-10 years. I am, however, inviting the parents of these cousins. My Dad (whose neices and nephews they are) agrees that it is not necessary to invite them. The more I think about it, the more anxiety I have about it. I can't decide if we should stick to our guns and deal with all the arising questions and upset family members OR if we should suck it up and add 10 (including spouses) to our guest list. I know different people have different opinions about this sort of thing, but I thought maybe some of you are in similar situations and can relate/give advice.