On top of trying to lose weight to fit into my dress because my last fitting went horrible...I just got diagnosed with painful Endometriosis, Polysistic Ovary Syndrome, and recurring Ovarian Cysyts...I just don't know how I'm going to keep my sanity.
I regret letting my Mother overpower the guest list to the extent she did. My parents are paying for the majority of this wedding, and we both really appreciate all of their help..but she just took it way overboard.
She insisted inviting over our venue's guest capacity. The venue only wants us to have 188 guests max there. But because the venue manager told my Mom several months ago, it's OK to invite a little more than 188, she went ahead and did that. The venue can hold 250, but we have to pay more $$ for additional seating in the other room. I didn't want this.
In May, our list was at 204 and I drew the line. NO MORE GUESTS! We can't just invite everyone we know in our lives. The list was officially FINALIZED.
Now with only 3 weeks from the wedding, more people are VERBALLY being invited. RSVP deadline has passed, I have no more invitations, but my Mom insists that's OK becuase they don't "Care". I feel so tacky! But there's nothing I can do since they've already been verbally invited by my Mom and my Cousin, and they are so excited to come. There has been a total of 12 MORE people added to our list with only 17 days left!!
NOW my FMIL SWEARS that she gave me three couples on her list that really were never there. I have been studying this guest list since July, 2011- I KNOW those people weren't ever invited. But now her and FFIL are throwing a fit because these people were left off the list. That's SIX more people that we're talking about at the very last minute.
I can't begin to stress to everyone more that it is impossible to invite anymore people. This is getting ridiculous.