So, I'm sure this is a fairly common issue, but I'd like some advice because I/we don't know how to deal with it. My fiance and are getting married sometime next spring, and are trying to get a rough head count. We'd previously agreed to keep the number of guests around 150, but quickly realized that while almost all of my friends are either single or married with no kids, virtually all of his friends have kids (so, while I can invite one person, he is inviting 4-5). This is causing us to push against the capacity limits for the smaller rooms for the reception venues we are looking at, and if we go to a bigger room, it increases our food minimum by about $4000 - yikes. He doesn't see any way to cut down on his list as these people are all good friends who just happen to all have a bunch of kids. Any advice on how to resolve this?