Ok..So my fiance's family is small. They equal about 95-100 of our list. But my MIL to be insists that "since they have a small family" that her coworkers and their spouses should be invited AND..since the aunt and uncle that are coming into town are staying with someone on the uncle's side of the family, my MIL-to-be thinks that person they are staying with should be invited as well. We politely told her that we just can't afford to invite everyone. We are already up to 356 and although everyone won't come I don't want to bust our budget anymore than we already have.
I am cutting our list a bit anyway, since we have WAY too many invited but are we rude for not wanting to invite the people she works with and someone his uncle and aunt are staying with? Neither of us has ever met any of these people. And I have told my rents the same deal..we just cannot afford it.
I feel like we are being mean but she's making me feel bad for having a large family. She's a very sensitive person and gets her feelings hurt easily. My fiance and I just don't know what to do...