I'm recently engaged, and although it's early, I have been trying to figure out numbers for our initial guest list. We are trying to work with a small budget, and inviting only close friends and family members. However, that being said, a lot of these people are not in relationships and so as our preliminary guest list stands, 20 of our 120 are +1's that neither my fiance nor myself will have ever met prior to the wedding IF these people choose to bring guests.
At this point I have given everyone who is not in a relationship a +1 just so that our budget would take into consideration the maximum number of guests. I have read up on etiquette that those who are not in significant relationships do not need to bring a guest. Everyone at the wedding would have someone they know, so that is not an issue for inviting guests either. I don't know, I am just stressing over what to do about this. Part of me feels bad if single aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends have invitations addressed only to themselves, but the other part of me doesn't really care to share our wedding day with random strangers!
Any thoughts of advice? I am really torn on this issue.
Thanks!