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Day after brunch question??

quincygirl77quincygirl77
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in Minnesota-Minneapolis and St. Paul
Another question in line with events the day after the wedding.  My parents want to host a late morning brunch on Sunday at their house.  It won't be a gift opening, but just a chance for people to get together again before leaving town.  In my head we would need to invite everyone, but in speaking with my Mom she is concerned about too many people coming as their house isn't really that big.  

What do you guys think?  How many people came to your gift openings the following day and did you invite everyone?  TIA
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Re: Day after brunch question??

  • nordkenordke member
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    edited December 2011
    We're not doing anything the day after a lot because of your concern...it's so hard to again have to draw the line somewhere if you're not able to invite everyone. We figured that by Sunday everyone will want a day to do whatever they want and not have to worry about being somewhere at a certain time. If this is really something that she is wanting to do, then I would suggest almost doing it like an open house and serve bruch food, from say 10-1 (or whenever, obviously) and then hopefully people will be spread out enough as far as when they come and not all show up at once to hopefully better accommodate the limited space.
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  • tpender13tpender13 member
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    edited December 2011
    My first thought is that your mom is hosting this event, and you don't need to worry about it. That being said, I don't think everyone invited to the wedding needs to be invited to this. Especially since it's a casual party at her house, I think it's okay for her to pick and choose. Or to find guidelines the way someone would for a shower or something, like immediate family only.
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  • TaffetaDarlingTaffetaTaffetaDarlingTaffeta member
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    edited December 2011
    My mom is doing the same thing. We just figured to invite close family that was still in town and maybe a few super close friends. Don't sweat about inviting everyone, people do not expect it.
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  • ogrady88ogrady88 member
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    edited December 2011
    We invited our OOT wedding party and DH family (OOT). Oh, and also my dad's side of the family (also, OOT). It was around 20 guests. We didn't have any of the local family and friends, except for my parents and grandmother.
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  • beka0404beka0404
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    edited December 2011
    We had about 30 people. We invited our wedding party, both of our immediate families and my husband's aunts/uncles/cousins. We skipped my aunts/uncles/cousins because A) my family is HUGE and my husband's isn't and B) his aunt & uncle were essentially hosting the party in our home so we just had a few extra people from his side - most were already in the WP.

    Space-wise, our house is about 3600SF and 30 people is about the max we can host unless we have nice weather where people can sit outside. 

    PPs have made good points about an open house style brunch and about people probably wanting to do their own thing. Most of our OOT WP didn't come to our house at all - and I can't imagine many guests would have come if they had been invited - people needed to get home, pick up their kids, etc.
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  • quincygirl77quincygirl77
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the input!  If feel much better now about trimming the guest list :)
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