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Ideas Please...I need help!

kieranrothkieranroth member
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I am getting married in less than a month and the reception will be held in my parents backyard. Other than the food, my fiance and I are paying for everything. The only thing my parents will be paying for is the caterer. We have hit a snag and I don't know how to approach it with my parents...they won't stop inviting people that my fiance and I neither know or wish to have at our wedding! What do I do? I have tried telling them that I can't be prepared if they are continuing to invite people but they insist that the more the merrier. Not only can I not afford more guests but I don't want them there!

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Re: Ideas Please...I need help!

  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    Tell them you bought glasses, plates, napkins for X amount of people, as agreed upon originally, and if they want to invite more theyll need to buy cups, plates, napkins for anybody extra.
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  • BeeBee22BeeBee22 member
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    edited September 2010
    Yeah, are you responsible for chairs, tables, centerpieces?  Booze?  Any of these things are a solid backstop to "We've paid for X amount, which is all we can afford.  No more people."

    Have you sat your parents down and told them that it's really hurtful to you, your fiance and his family that they're inviting every random person they can think of, against your wishes, to an important, meaningful event?  I would try really driving home, even exaggerating, how miserable it's making you.  It's thoughtless of them, and I would seriously try shaming them into stopping.   
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