My FI and I asked our parents to compile a list of "must invite" people since we are trying to keep the wedding under 75 people and are paying for the wedding by ourselves with a little help from my mom. After lots of prodding, my FMIL emailed my FI a guest list. There are about 15 people on the list that my FI and I agreed we would never invite if given the choice (FMIL random co-workers and friends that they haven't talked to in over 5 years mostly). On top of that, she keeps adding people as she thinks of them! We have expressed several times that we wanted the wedding to be on the small side.
Can I just cut the guest list without mentioning it to my FMIL or do I have to tell her that we are not inviting all the people she wants us to?