Re: Lessons you have learnt from other weddings…
^ bwahahaha! i HATE those dinner-time shots but i LOVE this thread. so (unintentionally) funny and so true!!!
putting “We have reserved X (number) seats in your name” is a very smart idea. it pretty much clearly states how many family members are invited and no more than that.
but to begin with, how about trimming the guests to people who actually care about y’all instead of 400 random folk? at least then a seating chart is possible. i say cut it off at immediate aunts and uncles, grandparents, first cousins, best friends of parents, and best friends of the couple.
when people *****ed about being left out of our wedding (total guests, including us, 96)- mind you, these are people i haven’t seen or spoken to, nor have my parents been in touch with them, in over 13 years but they come crawling out of the woodwork when its wedding time and then they had the nerve to be offended that they weren’t invited (sheesh!)- so anyway, when they complained, my parents very politely explained we (the couple) wanted to keep it intimate. believe me, no one will come up to the couple and complain about not being invited, so the buck pretty much stops there.
plus, we’ve gone right back to not being in touch haha so nothing changed there 