Both Honey and I come from large families so deciding on a wedding guestlist was a little complicated. We decided that we were going to have a wedding with 200 guests. The venue we chose accomodates 250 people so we figured we would be able to play with the number. We also decided that we would have an Adult Only reception. Mexican culture weddings are usually filled with kids and to be honest, it's a mess. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with kids, I love them but there is definitely a time and a place for them and weddings is not one of them. We knew this was going to be a challenge because we have a lot of family members with little ones and who may have a problem with our Adult Only wedding.
We started creating our list and we were surprised at how easy it was. We included our closest family members and friends and when we were done our list was at 203. We both felt very proud of ourselves. A few days later, we went to visit my future mother-in-law. We told her that we had begun creating our guestlist and she immediately gave us a list of about 20 people. At that point we were up to 225 people. After speaking to my mom I added an additional 4 people. Before you know it our list was at 240 people. Mind you this does not include children or extra guest for our single guests. How will we ever pull this off? I am worried that people will get offended because of the No Kids rule. I am nervous that people won't honor it and show it with more guests. I hate to say it but older, traditional Mexican people are used to attending parties in packs and this is when it begins to get tricky. My fiance and I have different ideas of how to deal with people. It was easy for me to tell my parents that they were not allowed to invite people to MY wedding. Unfortunately he can't do it. He isn't able to tell his parents to stop inviting people. Not that I care but the truth of the matter is that we cannot accomodate everyone. This has definitely been the most stressful part of planning the wedding. Deciding what people you want to include and what people you have to leave out. :(
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