Hi everyone....i have a dilemma my own mother regarding guest list and wanted opinions. Please tell me honestly because I want to know if I am just being too close minded.
my mother and my father offered to give us a very substantial portion of the wedding funds while my in laws unfortunately cant really offer anything. Anyway, my mom now is inviting everyone she can think of to the wedding including my sister's in laws and their children plus their siblings plus one/date. I always wanted a small wedding and felt 100 would be more than id like but with having a big family on both sides doable...
now she has invited 80 people!! that only leaves 30 for henrys parents if we stay within the cap of our reception hall...when i told her i wanted to go over the guest list and sit down to talk about it she freak out and told me no.
she said shes paying for most of the wedding so she is inviting whoever and already doesnt like the plans ive made even though i made all of them with her...she wants it to be big and i want a small intimate wedding.
what do i do?? she wants to invite some people i dont really want and think are unecessary when I can invite our own friends as well as henrys family.
thoughts???