My parents are divorced and I have been dreading wedding planning because of their attitudes about eachother. Much to my surprise my father has offered to fund my wedding, the exception being the cost of my mother and her guests. Thus we would figure out a price per head and he would want my mother to pay that for herself and anyone else she wants to invite.
Since my parents are in extremely different financial situation's I find this fair- my wedding it a year and a half away which will give my mother time to save and I'm also trying to save a bit to pay for "the essentials" and any guests she can't afford. Is it totally out of line to tell my mother that she can only invite the number of guests she can help pay for? (These being outside of my immediate family which I'm willing to take care of such as my brothers, grandmother), speaking more along the lines of her friends.
I'd like to add that my mother, while in a different financial position, is not bad off. She takes several vacations every year, has a new car, owns a home, etc.