My family is small. In invites my family is going to be five or so people and problably only five will attend. My FI's side of the family and friends will take up the other 95 guests. My family doesn't know them well. My mom has met some of his family at the reunion. She is horrible with anything social. She has anxiety attacks in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people, it gets worse the larger the crowd is. I am trying to think of how to make my mom comfortable. She is an extremely inportant person to me, she is even walking me down the aisle.
I thought name tags, the kind that would day soemthing like Ann Smith, Mother of the Bride, then she would be able to transition a little easier. It also gives my Fi's family a chance to talk to her in a way that will make her more comfortable. The problem is my FI says people might consider it rude.
Yes, about 80 of them are his family that they see each other at least once a year, but they don't know their names either! They hardly know how they are related to the family. All of it is irrelevant to them because the love is there. But as an outsider that had to work their way through their family, I know how important names and relations were to relate and learn about them.
Are nametags rude? Is there a way to make it easier for my side to blend with his?