My family is throwing us an engagement party (yes 9 months after being engaged-that's how we roll) up in Philadelphia. FMIL and FFIL are planning on coming and making a vacation and FSIL and kids may be coming (obviously they are all get invites).
The question is though do we invite just the people who live near the party or do we need to invite the whole wedding guest list. The rest of his family is spread out in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio. To just invite PA people will be around 75, whole guest list 225!
Also on another note/rant apparently FSIL has told some cousins they can stay with her for the wedding (I think she is nuts since all 4 of her kids are in the wedding and she will have her hands full), and then is saying to FMIL that so and so will be there for the rehearsal, and so and so and their kids. My poor FMIL is not the type to say no so FI is going to have to put his foot down with his sister/cousins/aunts/uncles. We plan to only have immediate family, bridal party and readers at the rehearsal to keep costs down for the in-laws. It would be wierd to let his cousins and all attend and not mine, and I know my family would be upset about it as well as his dad's side. My Mom's one of 8 and his dad's one of 5, so you can imagine how many people that would add! Plus its cracking me up that the cousins on that side are all planning to come now (we pretty much counted them as No's) considering FI doesn't even talk to half of them. Wierd right?
Ha I used a lot of abbreviations in that one! Thanks for your input ladies
