Hey I thought it would be interesting to see how many people you all are inviting to your reception. As we go through the invitee list it's getting close to 300 for us......MY GOD....300!!! Help me sweet JESUS!! lol....what about you?....
Hey I thought it would be interesting to see how many people you all are inviting to your reception. As we go through the invitee list it's getting close to 300 for us......MY GOD....300!!! Help me sweet JESUS!! lol....what about you?....
Hey I thought it would be interesting to see how many people you all are inviting to your reception. As we go through the invitee list it's getting close to 300 for us......MY GOD....300!!! Help me sweet JESUS!! lol....what about you?....
What 300 guests -- sounds like you guys are really going to have a party!!!
We had originally only wanted 75 - 80 guests. We ended up with 110 guests, but thank goodness it all worked out.
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[quote="DaughterRhonda"]What 300 guests -- sounds like you guys are really going to have a party!!!
We had originally only wanted 75 - 80 guests. We ended up with 110 guests, but thank goodness it all worked out.
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If that's what you call it! I call it DRAMA!!!! lol His family is so big, my family is so big, we've got friends and friends of the family.....it's getting ridicolus!....God's got it under control though.....because this thing is out of my hands right about now!...sheesh!...
You know, coming from where I come from 300 isn't outrageous, my extended family back home would've probably totalled that if we had gotten married there. Since we decided to get married here in the states we originally planned for about 50 and ended up with 20 or so...just our immediate family members.
Soontobe, good luck and my word to you is delegate, delegate, delegate!!
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[quote="taunyana"]You know, coming from where I come from 300 isn't outrageous, my extended family back home would've probably totalled that if we had gotten married there. Since we decided to get married here in the states we originally planned for about 50 and ended up with 20 or so...just our immediate family members.
Soontobe, good luck and my word to you is delegate, delegate, delegate!!
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Sometimes it's just easier and alot less headache if you do things yourself. You try and delegate and you end up with 200 hundred phone calls anyway still asking questions....my wedding coordinator and my mother are handling alot of the stuff so that takes some pressure off of me...thank you Lord!
I too am having approx. 300 guests. FH & I are both from huge families. I know it's wrong, but I'm already praying for this to all be over...fast!
I definately feel a bridezilla moment coming on.
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As of this very second, my guest list is up to 190.
We started out with 175. Narrowed it down to 144. 125 RSVP'd and 100 showed up.
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[quote="MrsRobinson2b"]I too am having approx. 300 guests. FH & I are both from huge families. I know it's wrong, but I'm already praying for this to all be over...fast!
I definately feel a bridezilla moment coming on.
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Our original number was 200, but as we got into the planning and realized how much everything really is, we are cutting back to 150-175.
[quote="Cinamin1"]We started out with 175. Narrowed it down to 144. 125 RSVP'd and 100 showed up.
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Thats about exactly what happened with our list. We ended up serving the hostesess, usher, DJ's and some extra children at half price, and I still don't think we fed as many people that we paid for....but you know what, it didn't matter.
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I think we're up to 150 or so on the guest list and FH & my mom keep adding this one and that one everyday it seems like. It's always like, "Oh I forgot about cousin pookie's baby's mother's brother" It's getting scary because I went to my reception venue a few weeks back and just for kicks I started setting up chairs to see...I slowly came to the realization that more people simple won't fit! It's horrible, but i'm hoping that after I send out the invites I get a good number of people that can't show up.
[quote="Cinamin1"]We started out with 175. Narrowed it down to 144. 125 RSVP'd and 100 showed up.
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Cin, this is exactly why I'm trying to have the guest list high. I figured not everyone will show up, even if they RSVP'd. The minimum that I HAVE to pay for is 175. So hopefully, when everything gets filtered, we'll have around that amount.
Soontobebride, I feel your pain. Our original plan was to have 175. Then our parents got a hold of the list and it mushroomed to 300. The hall can't hold much more than that so at least that has put a cap on guests. I'm hoping and praying that we will wind up with about 275 actually showing up.
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[quote="ajiamarie"]Soontobebride, I feel your pain. Our original plan was to have 175. Then our parents got a hold of the list and it mushroomed to 300. The hall can't hold much more than that so at least that has put a cap on guests. I'm hoping and praying that we will wind up with about 275 actually showing up.
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It's crazy.....but I'm not going to worry about it though...hopefully like others have said most people won't show up....
invited 165 to jamaica,
75 Rsvp that were difintely coming
50 have sent deposits for wedding june
so we planned for 65.
Actual number we were gonna start with from the jump!!
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[quote="MzTajsia"]invited 165 to jamaica,
75 Rsvp that were difintely coming
50 have sent deposits for wedding june
so we planned for 65.
Actual number we were gonna start with from the jump!!
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I should have had a destination wedding.....
Yeah we thought everyone would come but it worked out well.
We are thinking of having a reception next year for our first anniversary for those that couldnt make it.
It will be the still fit the dress test. LOL
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Since it is a 2nd marriage for both of us, I am really scaling back. I am not inviting anyone who is not apart of my life on some sort of a regular basis. We started with 100. He keeps adding more and more. Cousin pookie who we have not seen since 2nd grade. What is wrong with this man??? Does he not realize we have to live after the fact? I advsd FH he can invite as many as he wants, We are only paying for 150 THAT"S IT, THAT"S ALL!!
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I invited 312, 297 accepted RSVP's
i initially said 100 and that was a squeeze. we went to the godparents anniversary this weekend in Orlando and it was announced that the extended family, a whole lot of them, were planning to attend because i was finally getting married. u do know none of these people were on my list. now, what am i gonna do?????
I have roughly 100 invited guest that we are are contact with on a regular basis. But I may even scale that back? FH wants some ghetto fabulous family memebrs not to come,Ie the ones will insist on taking a plate and yes they will bring the aluminum foil with them.
[quote="brownskinchick"]I have roughly 100 invited guest that we are are contact with on a regular basis. But I may even scale that back? FH wants some ghetto fabulous family memebrs not to come,Ie the ones will insist on taking a plate and yes they will bring the aluminum foil with them.
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lol!! now that's FUN-NEY!
I'm only inviting 25 people to the ceremony. For the reception, as of today 131, planning to invite 150 altogether. Can't meet or make friends with more than 19 people in the next 15 months. That's the US wedding. The count for the Zimbabwe wedding is 300-400 people.
[quote="MzTajsia"]Yeah we thought everyone would come but it worked out well.
We are thinking of having a reception next year for our first anniversary for those that couldnt make it.
It will be the still fit the dress test. LOL
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Girl buy yourself another dress to wear that is all the rage!
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Since the showdown last week :) i am so over this wedding i dont care if its just fh and the caterers. i will get married and have astiff drink. anyway.... i took it down from 200 to 65. yup a lot of upset persons but oh well.
[quote="raysbride"]Since the showdown last week :) i am so over this wedding i dont care if its just fh and the caterers. i will get married and have astiff drink. anyway.... i took it down from 200 to 65. yup a lot of upset persons but oh well.
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. You weren't playing. What happened? I must've missed that post.
I must have missed that post also....WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK?...
didnt post Sept that is why i was mia for a minute batteling these soon to be inlaws. the thimble full of religion i have they were TESTING it. the last straw was the reaction on my fh husbands face when they had a family baby shower and I wasnt invited but someone slipped and forgot that I wasnt there when they were talking and saying how great the family was and how they pull together and how everyone was there blah blah blah. he is SOOOO family oriented he was crushed. that gave me carte blanche to strip names :) and now its on. i have to reminf them i maby be 5 feet but they dont call me pit bull for nothing. sorry to waste the subject with my madness ladies.....
girl, no problem. I hope everything works out for you and FH. I can tell that you're still flaming behind it though. Calm down pit! lol
I'm trying to keep our guest list to 200.
Did you all invite all your wedding guests to your reception?
[quote="raysbride"]didnt post Sept that is why i was mia for a minute batteling these soon to be inlaws. the thimble full of religion i have they were TESTING it. the last straw was the reaction on my fh husbands face when they had a family baby shower and I wasnt invited but someone slipped and forgot that I wasnt there when they were talking and saying how great the family was and how they pull together and how everyone was there blah blah blah. he is SOOOO family oriented he was crushed. that gave me carte blanche to strip names :) and now its on. i have to reminf them i maby be 5 feet but they dont call me pit bull for nothing. sorry to waste the subject with my madness ladies.....
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Oh my God!!!!!
Yeah I would have cut them down too.
How did your FH handle it? Did he say anything?
How did your vendors take it?
How did they take it?
What was their reason for not inviting you?
Would you change your mind back to the 200?
Why don't you all cancel everything and elope to a DW?
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[quote="browncat"]Did you all invite all your wedding guests to your reception?
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I invited everyone to everything. I started my planning for all of them with the option to make changes up to 30 days before the wedding. As the guests started dropping off or coming out of the woodwork I made the proper changes.
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