Creating your wedding guest list is hard.
You’d think it would be easy: we know we want our nearest and dearest there to celebrate our day with us, but there are so many things to consider such as babies, plus ones, and more, things can start to get a little fuzzy.
To us, it was equally as important for our guests to have a good day as it was to us; otherwise we?d just nip off to the registry office and do it on the sly. We want the party! But as much as we want to invite everyone and their postman, you?ve got to draw the line somewhere

First things first

It helps a lot if you?ve got a rough idea of numbers before you book your venue, because a lot of places will have a minimum guest allowance. For example, our venue must have a minimum of 70 ceremony guests and 120 in the evening, which sounded like a lot to me, but Rob and I both have big families, so when you start writing down everyone?s names, it really adds up. Write down the names of all of your immediate family and friends; people you really couldn?t imagine spending the day without. Then move on to your friends ? a lot of our friends are mutual to be honest, so it made sense for them to be all-day guests. Rob has some friends and work colleagues I don?t know too well, and likewise with me, so they?re on our evening guest list.
Sounds easy, right"
Nope. There are so many hurdles that can get in your way, and the main one being family members getting involved.
Dealing with the parents

When parents ...