So... my wedding is June 30th, and last week FI and I finished and printed all of our invitations. We are waiting for a handful of addresses of extended family that his mom is getting for us, but other than that, we are ready to go with the invites, all that is left is to literally put stamps on them (the stamps have even already been purchased!) and drop them in the mailbox.
This morning FI emails me when I'm at work and says "so I know that we were going to wait until April to mail our invites out, but I was thinking we should do it now. Gas prices are going up which means airline tickets are going up and maybe we should send out invites now so that OOT people can buy tickets before they get too expensive"
To me, this logic is faulty. First of all, we only have 5-7 families that are coming in from out of town, all of whom were sent STDs back in December. (We sent STDs to immediate family and friends who we had addresses for and knew we were inviting, probably 2/3 of what is our final guest list). The rest of our guests live fairly close or even some who don't plan on driving. I understand that it's only a two-three week time difference in when we would be sending out the invites, but to me, that's the difference between March and April, for a wedding that's at the very end of June. It just seems too soon.
What are your opinions on this? Now? Later? Does it matter?