Hi guys! I'm trying to figure out how best to maneuver this situation. My mother and my aunt are begging me to add 14 more guests to the guest list, which happen to be their cousins. I barely know these relatives. I've met them on several different occasions and have vague memories of them when I was little, but nothing beyond that. Apparently they extend invites to my mother and family all the time for weddings and the like, but they never go and consider this a chance to reunite them all.
I would've put the kibosh on this problem on the first mention of it, if it weren't for the fact that my aunt has offered to pay whatever price per person I calculate in order to accommodate them. We're paying for the wedding ourselves so obviously that was the one major problem in inviting extra guests. She's extremely trustworthy and I know that she'd pay me as soon as they RSVPed, but I'm having a problem saying yes. This is OUR wedding and we should do what we want, but how far does that sentiment go when someone offers to cover the expenses?? She has also told me that most of the invites won't show. UGH, what would you guys do?