My mom and I have had the same argument over and over regarding the guest list of my wedding. She wants to invite her cousins to my wedding, most of whom I've never met or even heard of. She's the only parent of the wedding who even considered inviting cousins and was crossing off family friends near and dear to my heart off the list so that we'd have room for her cousins. We are still over on our guest list count and the time to send invites is fast approaching.
To top it off, she received a save the date from one of these cousins in questions who is getting married 2 weeks after me. It was addressed to her and my father, "& family" was not included. So if the cousin is not including me in his wedding, why should I come to mine? Not to mention, I've never met him! Hopefully he won't come since his wedding is in another state, however, there's more cousins!
She's paying for the reception, while my fiance and I are paying for almost everything else. I've tried stressing to my mom that I want a wedding with my close friends and family but it's getting out of control. I feel like I've told her every way I can, but she breaks down everytime and I come out feeling like a brat.
Please help me with my mom. Thanks