So I just need to talk with other brides and brides-to-be (like me) about this... I'm working on the guest list and we really want to keep the wedding in a lower budget, but I have so much family! Both of my parents are divorced and remarried with huge families, and I'm pretty close with all of them. On top of that there's a lot of friends that we want to invite. Even though my fiance's family is really small it doesn't really help off-set the size of my family. I've feeling so overwhelmed with the guest list.
The rest of the wedding stuff is going smoothly, but the guest list is stressing me out. I don't know what to do! I feel like if I invite one set of second cousins then the others will be mad because I didn't invite them. I want to talk with my mom, dad, step-dad and step-mom, but I worry that they won't really help. On top of that the only ones who have offered to help are my step-mom and dad. Is it wrong to say "If you want to have these people at the wedding/reception then you need to help contribute to the cost of the wedding?" I don't think this should be an issue now, but I suppose it's better now than two months down the road.
Any advice or encouragement would be so awesome.