I am in the process of finalizing the guest list. I am bothered by the fact that it is (or seems to be) commonly considered acceptable for people who are NOT contributing to the wedding, but close to the bride or groom, to insist on certain people being invited.Specifically, my grandma and my FMIL have both either insinuated or come right out and said "I want so-and-so to be invited." The people they want invited are people who I am NOT close to, and neither is my FI (i.e. very distant family who I haven't seen in years, or step-family who FI has only met 2-3 times and I haven't met at all).Now if I wanted a huge wedding with everyone I know there, I would have no issue inviting these people. BUT - from the very beginning, I have said that I wanted to have a smaller wedding with only people we are very close to there with us. My mother has added some guests to the list, but I know that she has the right to do that since she's picking up much of the bill.Am I wrong for not wanting to invite people I'm not close to? I haven't made any final decisions about whether or not I'm inviting them, but I just think it kind of sucks that people are so forward with their opinions about my guest list and it puts me in the position where I either don't get what I want, or I anger family if/when I tell them no.
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