Fi mother gave me a list on who she wanted invited and there was two people without a plus one.
I confirmed twice with her that I didn't need to give them a plus one.
She said no because one was widowed (FI grandma), and one has been single 10+ years (FI aunt) and Aunt told her that she didn't want to bring anyone to the wedding (FI mother called to confirm that she wasn't in a relationship)
I have a VERY large family (80+ cousins) so we decided we were doing a very small wedding and cutting it off at aunts and uncles.
We are not planning to have children at the wedding also due to size ect.
So, FI aunt and uncle who has a 12 year kid, wanted to bring the kid, so they were politely told that the invite was in their name only and unfortunatly we cannot accomidate children ect.
So then we get an RSVP back for the one aunt who FI mom told us not to give a plus one too (the RSVP card says we have reserved a seat in your honor)
and she writes Mrs. Smith + 1 Guest.
I called FI to see if maybe aunt has a new boyfriend? and if that is the case then it was our/his moms mistake and we will gladly give a +1 and figure something out.
So aunt is called and the +1 she rsvp'd for was the other aunts 12 year old kid. Apparently they feel that they don't want to leave him with a babysitter and that he should be invited to the wedding so they asked the other Aunt to put him on her RSVP as her guest. (they are not out of town)
Aunt was told sorry, we are not able to accomidate children ect and that the invitation was just for her.
I feel kind of po'd i mean...my entire family (who have children 3+ years) got babysitters and understand that I can't just invite one cousin or a few children and not everyone!
I wonder who elses invite they are going to try and put the kid on too!