Bit of back story: Back when we were getting our guest list together, we asked FMIL for a list of family we should invite. She came back with a list of nearly 100 people (20 of which were family). Venue holds 160, but we are capping it off at 130 for monetary reasons. Plus, FI had never even met most of the people she had on her list. We wanted to keep this as small and intimate as possible. (Honestly, neither of us wanted anyone other than family at the wedding to begin with!) We told her that we couldn't accommodate all of the guests she had written down, and had her scale back the list. She wasn't very happy about it, but cut the list.
For months now, when I'm not around, FMIL has been badgering FI about the guest list. At one point she even told him that the more people he invited, the more presents we would get, so we should let her invite all of those people. Seriously, woman?!
So two of my uncles (and one of their wives) mentioned they will be unable to attend the wedding due to one reason or another. I was sad about this as I am fairly close to both of these uncles. I mentioned it to FI a couple weeks ago, and it hasn't been brought up since.
Until last night. I asked FMIL for her list of addresses last week. She called me last night to ask me some random question (FI is out of town), and while on the phone, she mentioned that she heard my uncles were unable to make it. Then she asked if that meant there was more room on the guest list for her friends.
Um, NO! We didn't want these people at our wedding to begin with. What makes you think that since my uncles aren't coming that we somehow magically want strangers participating in the most important day of our lives? This is something I feel very, very strongly about.
This caught me way off guard too! I just stuttered something about not being 100% sure they couldn't make it and got off the phone. I can't WAIT till FI gets back in town.
