Totally cliche, but want your thoughts. :)

mouse10031978

I also posted on the October 09 board, so sorry if you are seeing this again.  I wanted to know your thoughts here too. I know people post this kind of stuff all the time, but I am really torn here. I work in a school that is VERY tight knit. We all hang out quite often outside of work. They are fun friends who I spend a considerable amount of time with, but they are not my "main" group of friends. We are limited in space for our venue so for now I decided to only invite my grade-level team, as well as our (now- retired) principal. I also hired an acquaintance from there to help with decorating, etc. Basically I want to invite more co-workers if I can, because I really do have a great time with them! However, I feel like it is an "all" or "nothing" type of deal. I will not have room to invite all 60 people (our wedding will only be about 150 MAX), but will obviously feel horrible if I only invite half.So we all went out for our FAC today and seriously people believe that they will be invited.... they are not trying to be pretentious or anything. They just assume that if one of us is getting married that we wouldn't have it any other way, as we always have such a good time together. I have explained the situation and everyone seems understanding, but the difference is that I want them there. What are your thoughts? Invite who I can, although not everyone? Or I was even going as far as thinking of just having everyone over for a party at my place as a celebration either before or after (Which they would be pretty understanding of) - hosted by us of course.Thanks for your thoughts- I like how everyone on this board is pretty reasonable and down-to-earth. TIA.

ditta97

I am also a teacher and had to figure this out. I decided to invite my grade level team and three teachers who used to be on the team (who I'm still close with). I also invited my literacy coach who feels like she is part of the team. I could have easily invited more, but didn't have the room. I decided to keep it to the people I work with the most and have known the longest. Hope that helps a little with your decision! You could also see how many rsvp's you get that are no's and maybe you can invite more from the school to take thier spot, but then you'd have to wait to send the invites to all the school people.

amberlyrose

My mom is a teacher, and this was hard for her. We waited to see the "no" rsvps from family, and then proceeded from there. We had more teachers from southern NM than family. Weird.. but it was a blast.

me2rean

I would go with your original plan, then if you get a lot of nos right off the bat, proceed to invite more. It may be tough, but you can't invite everyone you know )