HELP!!! My FH and I are trying to have a budget wedding, and we were sticker shocked when we estimated the dinner costs. We discussed DW, eloping, ect..and I still want to have the wedding we were planning, but are now considering cutting the guest list...A LOT! Im OK cutting the list to immediate family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) I want to invite jusst a few close second cousins, but fear I will be offending people that I dont invite.
What is the proper ettiquette, and what have others done to save the family fighting and hurt feelings ?