How many guests?

P: 2/14/2007 9:25:28 PM

musey

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How many guests are you planning to have at your wedding? How did you and your FI decide what size you wanted (budget, dreams scenarios, etc.)?

Posted: 2/14/2007 9:25:28 PM

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P: 2/14/2007 9:28:54 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	I included at 250+ option but it didn't show up--sorry for you LARGE wedding ladies! Just vote in the largest category and post to clarify if you don't mind
Posted: 2/14/2007 9:28:54 PM

P: 2/14/2007 9:31:49 PM
FacetFire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,878 Last Post: 6/23/2009 Member Since: 6/27/2006	We're having 40-50. We don't want a big show of a wedding. The idea of saying my wedding vows is a VERY personal thing for me. We both would even consider eloping, but we would like to share it with our CLOSE friends and family...
Posted: 2/14/2007 9:31:49 PM

P: 2/14/2007 9:34:07 PM
sumbride Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,867 Last Post: 1/21/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2006	Ours is double the last category... 450-500 it seems. My parents are using this as a chance to entertain all their friends and associates and FI and I don't mind. The more people there, the less we'll notice his mom!
Posted: 2/14/2007 9:34:07 PM

P: 2/14/2007 10:06:19 PM
asscher_girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 679 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 6/29/2006	We are having 40. We really thought it would be nice to have a small intimate ceremony w/ the people that are closest in our lives.
Posted: 2/14/2007 10:06:19 PM

P: 2/14/2007 10:20:59 PM
anchor31 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,358 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/18/2005	I wanted 50... but we have humongous families and we're desperately trying to keep it under 100! Eep! ******** R & J 08-02-08 Expecting baby on 12-30-09
Posted: 2/14/2007 10:20:59 PM

P: 2/14/2007 11:23:40 PM
Trelala Cut Rock Total Posts: 131 Last Post: 1/7/2008 Member Since: 7/12/2006	We originally dreamed of having 50 guests, but close family friends on my side account for 52! So now we're trying to keep it under 70 people. Small weddings appeal to us because of the intimacy and the lower costs.
Posted: 2/14/2007 11:23:40 PM

P: 2/14/2007 11:23:41 PM
AmberWaves Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,419 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/19/2005	Ours is about 150- probably a little more. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you were an ocean, I'd learn how to float.
Posted: 2/14/2007 11:23:41 PM

P: 2/14/2007 11:27:47 PM
ondedline Rough Rock Total Posts: 7 Last Post: 2/14/2007 Member Since: 2/8/2007	50 including me, the beau and the preacher man.
Posted: 2/14/2007 11:27:47 PM

P: 2/15/2007 12:45:34 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	It's looking like anywhere from 85-100, which is what we want.
Posted: 2/15/2007 12:45:34 AM

P: 2/15/2007 1:49:07 AM
broadway Rough Rock Total Posts: 92 Last Post: 5/21/2008 Member Since: 2/6/2007	We'd like 100 or a little less, but the current guest list is about 180 -not ideal. I have a very Catholic family. Minus my mom and myself. My FI is talking about his 6 cousins and only one of them is over 20. I have tons and they are all married, except one, and they all have 4,000 children.
Posted: 2/15/2007 1:49:07 AM

P: 2/15/2007 1:50:40 AM
So_happy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,084 Last Post: 11/10/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2006	we started at 75 but have crept up to 100 and we're cutting back on other things to get back on our budget! the budget cutting is worth it if all 100 show up :)
Posted: 2/15/2007 1:50:40 AM

P: 2/15/2007 4:40:21 AM
Dani Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,603 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 11/12/2004	About 125....
Posted: 2/15/2007 4:40:21 AM

P: 2/15/2007 7:24:07 AM
DandiAndi Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,001 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2006	I would love to keep it at about 80, but we're up to 90 guests and a bridal party of 10, so 100, it's an OK number. A few of my cousins live interstate so I'm not sure if they'll make it but I wanted to invite them anyway. We'll see how we go
Posted: 2/15/2007 7:24:07 AM

P: 2/15/2007 8:29:15 AM
ephemery1 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,724 Last Post: 7/10/2008 Member Since: 3/20/2006	Wanted to keep it around 200, looks like it'll be closer to 250 invited. And that is a SERIOUSLY pared-down list. I grew up in the same small, close community that my parents did... and with my dad's businesses, we know pretty much everybody in town. But we had to chop it off somewhere... can't quite justify $200+ a head for EVERYONE... -~-~- "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton
Posted: 2/15/2007 8:29:15 AM

P: 2/15/2007 3:59:03 PM
bride_to_be Rough Rock Total Posts: 8 Last Post: 7/20/2007 Member Since: 2/15/2007	Me and my fiance wanted it under 300, but my mom calls everyday with someone else that needs to be invited. I think the whole town is invited to be honest with you..... ~aug~11~2007~
Posted: 2/15/2007 3:59:03 PM

P: 2/16/2007 5:41:08 AM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	I think we'll be in the most popular category (80-109) as well... although I'm secretly hoping that some extended family members will rsvp a "no" is that wrong? I wish we could be more on the 60-70 level!
Posted: 2/16/2007 5:41:08 AM

P: 2/16/2007 6:07:39 PM
broadway Rough Rock Total Posts: 92 Last Post: 5/21/2008 Member Since: 2/6/2007	I don't think it's wrong to hope that some distant relatives won't come. We're doing the same thing. I haven't seen some of my cousins since I was 10, but I can't invite their siblings and not them... so I'm sending them with fingers crossed. If that's bad then I don't want to be good.
Posted: 2/16/2007 6:07:39 PM

P: 2/19/2007 10:01:28 AM
plantationcatt Cut Rock Total Posts: 196 Last Post: 10/10/2009 Member Since: 9/12/2005	Inviting 480 with the hope that 400 will come...because that's what the church will hold. Growing up in a small town with a close-knit church community...and having large families on both sides will do that to you!
Posted: 2/19/2007 10:01:28 AM

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