Some of you may recall my post a couple weeks ago about offering to put together a wedding reception for a friend of mine that's getting married in November. They were just going to JOP and skip out on all the other stuff due to financial issues, but my parents and I decided to pitch in and cover the cost to do a little something for them. Nice, right? My friend was really appreciative and said all they wanted was something small and low key so I assumed ehh, 50 people or so, some small finger foods and drinks...ya know, keep it simple.So I was talking to her yesterday about a venue I had suggested and her response was "I don't think that place will work." When I asked why not, she said "We were thinking like 200 people and that place won't be big enough.""TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE?! WTF ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GD MIND?!" was my first thought, but all I could get out was "Oh wow." I had to nicely, calmly remind her that yes, we offered to pay for a recpetion for them but 200 people is absolutely ridiculous and we can't afford that. If she wants that many guests, someone else is going to have to fork over the money. I felt bad saying that but at the same time I was like c'mon, you can't take advantage of someone that's already doing an incredibly nice thing for you. I know she didn't intend to come off that way though. She's not a greedy, ungrateful person or anything...she just doesn't quite think things through sometimes. But she called me back later that day and apologized and said they cut their guest list to 75. I can live with that. Crisis averted. Thatisallkthanksbye.