We are 46 days away from our wedding and I've found myself stuck with a huge dilemma in regards to our rehearsal dinner.
My fiance and I have had to do all the planning for our rehearsal dinner since his parents live on the other side of the country. We took care of looking at restaruants and actually filling out the contracts and selecting the menu. We are even taking care of sending out the invitations and dealing with the RSVPs.
My dilemma is with the guest list. Because my fiance and his family are not from Georgia, they want to invite almost everybody to the rehearsal dinner. It has gone from being just our immediate family and the wedding party to almost 60 people.
My issue is the fact that I have a very small family and out of the 60 people we are inviting to the dinner, only 5 of them are from my side. I'm worried that my family will feel very out of place and uncomfortable around so many unfamiliar people. Not to mention, his parents are inviting people that are their long time friends simply because they havent seen them in years. My parents aren't inviting any of their friends to the dinner and we didn't even consider asking all of our immediate family to the dinner because they arent involved in the wedding ceremony.
How do I address this with my fiance and his parents without upseting them? I dont want to seem like bridezilla but I really want this to be a small intimate occasion and I dont feel like they have even considered that.