Okay, so we are fairly far out (about 1 year and 3 or 4 months) but we have been TALKING about where we want to have our March 2012 wedding. Before getting engaged I thought we were both on the same page: A 50 or so person wedding in Savannah. We both love Savannah and think it's gorgeous/perfect. So when we started getting our "Congratulations" and "So excited for yous" FI decides....well maybe he wants a bigger wedding so we can include everyone we even just like, everyone that invites us to theirs, all kinds of extended family, etc. I am not such a big fan.
Okay. I have no problem with a 100 person wedding. But I absolutely cannot picture a wedding with more than that that we would both enjoy. It ups the cost - which he is not as concerned with as I am. He's a guy, so in his mind, it's not that expensive to feed 100 people at Applebee's.... (kidding, kind of).
To my question: How would you/did you handle this? He is acting like it's "mean" to not include everyone who is happy for us. Is there a way to convince him otherwise? Should I even try or just compromise? I just don't want to pay for people I barely know to share in the wedding festivities....... Am I being ridiculous?