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When does the guest list stop?!

dcrg2010dcrg2010 member
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We're getting married in 6 months and everything about being engaged and planning the wedding has been a lot of fun.  We have the venue and food we want with just the perfect atmosphere for us. But the guest list is a pain!!  There are about 10 - 20 people we couldn't care less about inviting.  Not that we dislike them, just aren't close and don't want them at our wedding.  But that doesn't seem to go over well.  They are related to people we are inviting or we simply feel obligated.  Where does it end??  I know it's about us and about being married, but why can't other people get that?  It's the one part that's making us crazy!

Please give me your tips and experiences.  THANKS!!!  :)
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Re: When does the guest list stop?!

  • tlv204tlv204 member
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    It doesn't. We had lots of guest list issues.  There are still people I wish we would have invited (just a couple and we got closer afterward) as well as people we did invite that I really didn't care about, but we did the best we could.  We invited everyone we really really wanted there, and then did our best to make as many people as possible happy.  It won't be perfect most likely.
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  • RachNRichRachNRich member
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    The guest list stops when you stop adding to it. It is very simple. Assuming you are paying for your own wedding, you can stop your list whenever you feel like it. 

    I stopped mine at my immediate family, and close friends. It was super easy to do--but perhaps I am lucky; no one was angry with my decisions. 
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  • dcrg2010dcrg2010 member
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    ZRex -- I'm especially sorry for your situation!  But thanks to everyone for the helpful feedback...at least we're all in this together!  :)  I do resent, a bit, that weddings have such high expectations from people who are neither the bride or groom.  I'm not bridezilla, but I don't think one day is too much to ask to simply enjoy someone else's preferences.  Luckily, our parents are fantastic and our immediate families have placed no expectations on us...it's just extended family.  But we can sort this out and it will probably turn out to be nothing when we look back on it.

    Thanks everyone!!  :)
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