We were aiming for a small wedding with ~100 when we got engaged... and we quickly realized that was not an option for us because of our families being so big and FMIL having a ton of close friends. I thought 150-175 was a pretty average sized wedding, but is it tiny for a typical Chinese wedding? Seems like quite a few posters here have 300+ guests... My brother said something about how my dad's initial estimate of 50 was way off for our side, and that he and his gf said they'd end up having upwards of 300 guests all together when they plan their wedding. My dad's family is spread all over the States and overseas, and when I pressed him for an answer for a number of guests from our side a few months back, he said it was too early to start guessing, but to just put down 50 as a good guess... *sigh*... I think we're going to be in for a world of hurtin'...