So here's the deal...
We are paying for our own wedding. I want a smaller, more intimate guest list, and FI doesn't really have an opinion. Our families are being pretty adamant about inviting everyone under the sun to our destination wedding and feel like it would be rude not to invite them all. My FI doesn't even know some of these people, and others he does not know well. His family argues that our wedding isn't just about us, but about all sets of parents as well. In an effort to compromise, we agreed to have a 2nd reception in his hometown for everyone who could not come to our Destination. I feel that if we are having a 2nd reception, we should not invite the people we don't know to the Destination, and invite them to the 2nd reception instead.
I have an issue with us paying so much money for people that we don't know/care about and will probably never see again, if they are invited and decide to come.
What to do? Thoughts, advice or ideas??
Please help us figure out what to do!
Thanks ladies!