Omg that is such craziness! And don't you apologize for ranting; I LOVE to hear what you have to say about all of this, and about what happened to you and Gaelan when you tried to plan your wedding, since I'm going through the same thing right now, and the 2 of you went through it so recently. Also, the 2 of you are such calm, chill people--I can't even picture anyone trying to give you lovely folks a hard time! Graawh! Screw those guys! ;) lol
But yeah, I know EXACTLY what you mean about parents wanting to invite friends you've never even met. We've had a LOT of that BS going on here...that was actually one of the major problems from the beginning. And this whole "oh, we'll pay for them" is the stupidest thing to me, because really, it's not just about the $$! It's the fact that OMG I don't want all these people at my wedding! I want to keep it tiny, I don't give a flying fuck how much money you give me, because honestly, that's not the issue. I mean, damn straight you're paying for the extra guests, but that's just a given. It's not the point. I wanted to keep things smaaaaalllll. Oh well. If these strangers think I'm going to give them the time of day at my wedding, they're going to be sadly mistaken. :) They ain't getting NOTHING more than a "thanks for coming" and that's pretty much it. I'm going to spend my wedding talking to my friends and CLOSE family members, AKA people I actually know and care about.
Whew! Oh yes, it feels good to rant about these things! ;)
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But yeah, I know EXACTLY what you mean about parents wanting to invite friends you've never even met. We've had a LOT of that BS going on here...that was actually one of the major problems from the beginning. And this whole "oh, we'll pay for them" is the stupidest thing to me, because really, it's not just about the $$! It's the fact that OMG I don't want all these people at my wedding! I want to keep it tiny, I don't give a flying fuck how much money you give me, because honestly, that's not the issue. I mean, damn straight you're paying for the extra guests, but that's just a given. It's not the point. I wanted to keep things smaaaaalllll.
Oh well. If these strangers think I'm going to give them the time of day at my wedding, they're going to be sadly mistaken. :) They ain't getting NOTHING more than a "thanks for coming" and that's pretty much it. I'm going to spend my wedding talking to my friends and CLOSE family members, AKA people I actually know and care about.
Whew! Oh yes, it feels good to rant about these things! ;)