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This from the man who wants a small wedding...

milana1023milana1023 member
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So Mr Melo and I were watching "I love you, Man" on demand before he went to work for the night. And since the movie includes wedding stuff, we were casually discussing our own ideas. He starts naming his groomsmen. All 12 of them. (insert my face here looking at him like he has 6 eyeballs and one eyebrow) This man has told me 82 trillion times "Babe, I want a small wedding." Ok fine. I have 3 bridesmaids. That's all I want. While its still about 2 years away, how in the world do I get him to chop this down? He thinks its great. I'm terrified. LOL
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  • foxxy1foxxy1
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    edited December 2011
    Talk financials. Once he has to multiply everything times 12, he'll think 3 is a great number!
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  • missevansmissevans member
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    edited December 2011
    PP said my thoughts exactly.  Tell him that he has to buy them all groomsmen gifts, feed them at the rehearsal, coordinate ALL of their schedules for tuxedo fittings and meetings...he may change his mind.
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  • lemonsprinkles23lemonsprinkles23
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    edited December 2011
    Money talks as pps said. Maybe his defintion of small is 12 GM...LOL. But you have a while before your wedding to make the GM/BM decision. Wait it out and by the time your FI is ready to pick it'll all work out and he'll pick three people.
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  • braxtongirlbraxtongirl member
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    edited December 2011
    My FI tried 10 and I looked at him the same way. I had to explain to him that we will need ushers. My family doesn't have many men in it. I needed someone to walk my mother, aunt, and grandmother down the aisle. So three of them became ushers so it really didn't narrow down the cost, but at least I won't be looking at 10 guys behind him.
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  • ddyoungddyoung member
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    edited December 2011
    I thought I was the only one that had this problem...I have 5 bridesmaids and he has 8 or 9 groomsmen.  He realized how many that was when we had to split our guestlist in half and out of our 75 a piece 20 of his were already gone lol. I agree with Braxtongirl. We are turning some of them into Ushers!
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  • Lovie 129Lovie 129
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    edited December 2011
    LMAO....We are having a small wedding also (no more than 100 people), BUT the initial guest was not to exceed 85....who do you think addded the additional number???Talk about a budget and stick to it. Put a figure on everything, but give yourselves about a 10% increase (for wiggle room and unexpected expenses). Once he sees the final amount, he may adjust his list....at least you can hope and pray he does.Good Luck!
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