invitation advice (duplicate)
If some of you ladies have seen this already, I apologize ... it's on 2 boards ...
I am going to scream over this 'guest list' BS!
First things first ... after my father passed away last year, I decided that people who missed the wake (or weren't there for the family) were coming off the A-list. It hurt, but it knocked about 20 people off.
My aunts (my father's sisters), who couldn't be bothered to at least send a holiday card for the past 5+ years were never a thought on my guest list. Suddenly, at my fathers wake, they realized they were family ... but I haven't heard from them since. My mother now feels it would be proper to invite them, whether we like them or not. If we invite these 2 aunts, we have to invite their kids, giving me an extra $1300 worth of plates!
I'm trying to minimize the guest list as much as I can, and then FH goes and tells me we 'MUST' invite a few people who are parents of his friends - I can't even invite all my family! I'll be damned if I'm going to invite these people I don't even know!
Topping it all off, a coworker of mine just had his wedding the other night. I feel I can't invite people without guests, but how do I cut back at work? The people invited to his wedding should all be invited to mine as well - we are all close, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings at work.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the long rant ... I'm having enough trouble paying for the A-list guests, and now my B-list has to grow?? I can't deal ...
I am going to scream over this 'guest list' BS!
First things first ... after my father passed away last year, I decided that people who missed the wake (or weren't there for the family) were coming off the A-list. It hurt, but it knocked about 20 people off.
My aunts (my father's sisters), who couldn't be bothered to at least send a holiday card for the past 5+ years were never a thought on my guest list. Suddenly, at my fathers wake, they realized they were family ... but I haven't heard from them since. My mother now feels it would be proper to invite them, whether we like them or not. If we invite these 2 aunts, we have to invite their kids, giving me an extra $1300 worth of plates!
I'm trying to minimize the guest list as much as I can, and then FH goes and tells me we 'MUST' invite a few people who are parents of his friends - I can't even invite all my family! I'll be damned if I'm going to invite these people I don't even know!
Topping it all off, a coworker of mine just had his wedding the other night. I feel I can't invite people without guests, but how do I cut back at work? The people invited to his wedding should all be invited to mine as well - we are all close, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings at work.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the long rant ... I'm having enough trouble paying for the A-list guests, and now my B-list has to grow?? I can't deal ...
