Not enough people to invite

smahama

I honestly don't know if this belongs in this section of the board or not but it seemed the most fitting.

My fiancé and I both have VERY small families. To go along with this we've both always had small, close groups of friends. I'm not getting married for over a year but I'm trying to put together a preliminary guest list.

I knew we wanted to have a small wedding, around 50-75 people, but now I'm having trouble even finding 50 people to invite. I'm sure I'm probably overreacting, but this is seriously keeping me up at night! I'm finding myself laying in bed trying to conjure up people to add to the guest list. 

Can anybody help me? I want a small wedding, but not THIS small.

StephBeanWed61502

I don't think you should invite people just for the sake of having a certain number... to me, the whole point of a wedding is to be surrounded by people you love and care about, who love and care about you.  If you're just inviting people as "seat fillers," that kind of defeats the purpose, no?

GreenEire

What Steph said.  I only had about 50 people at my wedding and it was fine.  I preferred it that way, since it felt more intimate than having a crowd of people I barely knew.

tawillers

I fail to see the problem.

zsazsa-stl

Go up two posts and borrow some of crrgbs' overflow.

*Barbie*

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_not-enough-people-invite?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:280408a6-6e0c-4f2d-a956-63b09e0ce189Post:65fe4abb-1a1f-40c1-a0fd-d0e5cb04e033">Re: Not enough people to invite</a>:
[QUOTE]Go up two posts and borrow some of crrgbs' overflow.
Posted by zsazsa-stl[/QUOTE]

zsa beat me to it.

RaptorSLH

You don't have to fill a quota.  The way we look at it, if fewer people come, we can afford to do something more special for the people who do come.

joneka

I agree with PP...keep it small with only those that you are close to..no seat fillers...spend the money making it more special for those that do attend..I would rather spend the money on things that matter to me, my Fi,and my guest..than have a lot of people and spend a little bit of money on things that dont matter and wont be remembered.