ok, I wanna start by saying that I love children
Now that that's out of the way, I am struggling with something. Our guest list is out of control. Between my fiancé and I, both our families are Gigantic. Not to mention our parents are both remarried so we have added step family on top of it. Basically, our families along with my fiancé and I are struggling to provide the funds for the wedding. Going over our guest this, there is an excessive, large amour of our list that are children. Is there any way to POLITELY imply that if people can avoid bringing their children it would be appreciated? Or is that just totally rude? I feel guilty even wanting to do this but we are just trying to make the funds stretch. What's everyone's honest opinion on this?