Alright, I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as I can. My FI and I sat down to make a rough draft of our guest list the other day.
My dad is pitching in and wants to invite all of his close friends, who I know very well, and their families. So be it. He wants to give me money, I'm not going to fight with him.
Also, I come from a
HUGE very close family. My paternal grandmother was one of five girls who all raised their children together, almost as siblings, and so I consider my dad's cousins my uncles and aunts and their children are like my first cousins. And that's just on ONE side of my family. On my mom's side, I am only inviting her silbings and their children (who are not actually children, but adults).
Jason, on the other hand, comes from a TINY family. His mother was an only child and his dad had one brother who died in the 70's, and he has no cousins or aunts or uncles at all. He has one brother, who has two teenage daughters, and that's it. So I asked him to see if his mother had any other guests in mind. And boy, did she ever. She gave me a list of all of her first and second cousins (whom Jason has no recollection of ever meeting in his life), Jason's dad's brother's widow (who lives 500 miles away, and who Jason has also never met), Jason's former babysitter (who he hasn't seen since he was, like, twelve) and a few of her friends. And she's insisting that nearly everyone on her list get a plus one.
I feel like I can't say no, especially where the guest list weighs so heavily on my side and realistically, she's only asking for about 25 people. But 25 people is 25 more people that we have to pay for. And his parents are not able to financially contribute, due to their current situation, which is fine, but it's not like we have money either. I mean, we're 23 years old and he's still in school and I'm working two jobs just to be able to save up.
Jason does think that it's excessive, but he's also a bit defensive, cracking jokes about how I can't even let his tiny family come. But when I confront hi and ask if he really wants them to come, he laughs and says it doesn't matter. Am I nuts for thinking that this is a little unfair? Am I allowed to ask her to cut it down? Thanks in advance.