October 2012 Weddings

Weekend wedding drama

Ughhh! I so hate drama, and I was hoping this wedding would go off without a hitch. However, FI's grandmother called last night and was talking about throwing a shower for her side of the family. Since his parents are divorced, she would be throwing it with his stepmom and it would be the stepmoms side of the family and his grandmothers side of the family. Only thing is, our guest list is at a maximum and she was very dissappointed when she found out that her siblings aren't invited. This would be an extra 3 couples.  I was on the phone with her, and her normal chatterbox attitude totally changed and she cut me off and ended the call.

I had to have FI call her back and explain things to her. She's still not accepting the fact and the only thing he could tell her is that we could invite them if we get enough no's back. I hate that he told her that, but I can totally understand where she is coming from. She wants someone that she is close to at the wedding and they probably should have been invited.

I hate myself for doing this, but I want her to have it because she is the nicest lady ever. So here I am this morning running statistics. I think she'll just have to wait until we get enough no's and then they will be courtesy invites. I don't think there's much else to do at this point.

Sorry....vent, over! lol

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Re: Weekend wedding drama

  • That's a bummer, but it's not something that can't be resolved.  I think you should go ahead and invite them as soon as you can to not make it look like they were B list guests.  You already have 4 no's so you only need to have 2 more for them to fit in your original guest list.  Good luck with everything!
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  • Ugh, what a pain. Hope it gets worked out okay. :-/
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  • Thanks girls. I just needed to vent about it. I'm sure it will all end up working out. I wasn't planning to send out my invites until August 11th and I guess this is what I get for sending them out early.

    Lehc723 - I want to see your clutch! ;)

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  • My FI and I are finding that a few of his relatives (Step Mom and Uncles) are wanting people whom we do not even know/ FI has only met once or twice, to be invited.
    I understand that people want to have people they know there/ who are important to them, but if they aren't a priority/that important to FI and I, we aren't inviting them.

    It's very sweet that you are trying to include them, but I could understand why you didn't invite them in the first place (if they weren't close to you at all).
    Wedding Countdown Ticker image 95 Invited
    image 70 Are ready to party!
    image 10 Will be missing out!
    image 15 Are MIA!
  • I feel you!  My gma is helping my BMs host my home shower and basically just told me that she was inviting her sister, who wasn't on the wedding list.  This puts me in an awkward position because I'm already inviting more from my side than FI.  Luckily we aren't at capacity, but 2 more is another $200+ coming out of our pockets....  I guess I would try to accommodate, which it sounds like you are doing.  Good luck!

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