Guest List - Best way to...

---

Posted by soon2bmrsdunn

Unfortunately I am no help. My guest list keeps growing and growing

---

same here

My list was close to 300, so I started with family (I have the huge Irish family with 30 cousins). I haven't talked to most of my cousins in over a year ... Possibly 5 years, so I decided not to invite most of my cousins because we're talking 60 people with guests. We're only inviting 6 cousins with significant others because I grew up with them, and actually do see them at least once a year. My parents were fine with that because we have had some drama in the past with them, and we're really not that close anymore.

Then with friends we made a list of everyone we wanted to invite when we first got engaged. Over the last 9 months we've been cutting people based on 2 criteria:
How often do we keep in touch?
Is this someone who I can see being part of my life when I'm older?

Of course certain key people, like childhood friends, who I may not talk to that often, but think I will always keep in touch with are invited, but our acquaintances and drinking buddies have been cut.

Coworkers are out because neither FH or I plan on staying at our companies forever, and both work at large companies with high turnover.

My parents only have a few close friends, so they're not a problem. The only glitch is FH's mom's friends - the list keeps growing, so we're having her prioritize her list and cutting the bottom people (if necessary).

HTH!!!

---

Posted by EGreene79

Is this someone who I can see being part of my life when I'm older?



HTH!!!

---

I like that. That's a great way to look at the list.

Just cut the people that the Mother-In-Law wants there the most.
I'm gonna get the 4 millionth post...

My guest list grew sooo much!!! ARGH!!! The worst thing is, I sent save the dates out last year around Christmas!! I can't cut those people! I am really working on doing something though!

We did a list, who we want to come......basically a wish list.

Then slowly went thru from immediate family first-then family that has to be invited.....then closest friends...then friends that we arent AS close to