We're finishing up the guest list - we have the total number & the individual guests all approved and agreed upon by the two of us and both sets of parents. Hurray!
However, now I'm trying to get addresses and fill out my spreadsheet with appropriate name & titles (Mr. & Mrs. John & Elizabeth Smith, rather than Jack & Liz Smith). All my side is accounted for easily, but we get into trouble with FI's friends and his family. I don't know if Ed Jones is Edward or Theodore or something else. I also don't know if he's married, in a serious relationship, etc. All adults will get a guest if they don't have a spouse, so that's not trouble from a number aspect, but it's frustrating because I really would like to address everything (including STDs) to the appropriate people to avoid confusion since many of our guests will have to arrange travel, and it's over a holiday weekend.
And then there's Raf, the old college drinking buddy of FI's who has such phenomenol stories as the one time he stayed at so-and-so's house and got so drunk that he peed on the floor in the baby's room butt naked in the middle of the night. Or the time he got so wasted at a bar that he locked himself in the bathroom and passed out and they had to take the hinges off to get him out. Besides my obvious objections to inviting Raf, who I have never met, does FI even know his full first name? How about his last name? No, he just goes by Raf? Like Madonna? Okay, then we'll address it - Mr. Raf. Happy?! (There's about 4-5 friends of FI who he only knows their first names, so its not just dear ol' Raf).
Anyone else have this issue??? I'm finding it amusing at the moment, though mildly annoying. I'm sure if I was pressed for time, I'd be more annoyed. Any funny stories? I seem to remember Lulu telling the story about claiming to have sent invites to "Aunt Celia in Australia" since she wasn't given more specific identifying information!
