Hi there girls-
I posted this in the 'Etiquette' section, but thought you might be able to give me some sound advice here. I've been lurking on this board for a bit and love the kind and respectful dialogue that you have going. It's wonderful to see you support each other.
That said, here's my question:
FI and I are newly engaged and planning a small, family-oriented wedding for June of next year. This is a second wedding for both of us, and our goal is to have an intimate, fun, meaningful event that includes our children and our family, and just a few close friends. We really want those who are closest to us to be in attendance, but we need to be mindful of guest lists as we are footing 100% of the bill.
We have been thinking that we may ask my Aunt & Uncle if we could have the wedding and reception in their backyard, they have a beatuiful home with a large yard on an inland lake. The problem then comes with the guest list...
We'd like to keep the total guest list to about 50 people or so. If we hold the event at my Aunt & Uncle's home, we would need to invite my cousins-their children-to the wedding. I have a very large family, with lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins scattered all across the country. If I invite the local aunts, uncles, and cousins, am I required to invite everyone from everywhere? If that's the case, the guest list is going to very very quickly balloon to nearly 100 people, and I'm just not sure of the right way to handle this.
Any thoughts or advise are greatly appreciated.
Meddied since 6/15/13!