THIS GUEST LIST IS A NIGHTMARE!! FI and I requested guest list friends from both our parents back in MAY! We've already sent save the dates and I have ordered the favors and invites. We made our list and estimated how much we could invite partially based on the number of ppl we knew weren't going to show up (such as dad's coworkers from up north). EACH ONE of our parents (except for wonderful FFIL) has asked to add people after we have already sent out STDs. My mother keeps saying "it's just one more person, it's just one more person" but it freaking adds up. FMIL has decided that she wants to invite her BFFs who she has been "so close with for years", except they weren't invited 10 months ago or whatever. If they were so close, why am I just hearing about them? My dad had a coworker and his wife say they couldn't come, so now my dad wants to swap them out for some other people I have never heard of. I still have to send people who say they can't come an invite and they've already been ordered and are on their way.
FI isn't inviting any coworkers and I'm not inviting all of mine, but yet my dad is making me invite every single person he has ever met, including ALL of his coworkers. It's not even about the $ anymore- the venue can only hold so much space and no one is listening! I keep trying to put my foot down but at some point, I'm sick of being the bad guy and becoming a "bridezilla" but my mean side is ready to tell them that they can address, stamp, and stuff the invites, tie the favors themselves for these extra people and THEY can handle the mess that will be my wedding when we are over capacity because at that point I'LL BE MARRIED and I won't care!!!!!
ok, vent done. Thanks.