Gathering names for your wedding from your parents, your prospective in-laws, as well as your fiance and your own guest list is a major goal to help you reach a budget to stay within for the reception as well as the selection of a wedding reception location.
On one occasion, a bride fell in love with a beautiful location that was too small for her final list.
The results were that some guests had to attend an informal church reception before the main one for closest family and friends. In a small town situation, the rest of their friends understood, however, it ended up being an awkward way to begin working with the two families.
We suggest that you each speak to your respective parents before committing to a reception location so that both sets of parents understand the budgetary needs, and that if there is going to be a co-ordination of expenses that this can be worked out before there is a financial outlay of money committed to a specific place.
While this is a rare situation, when it does occur, cutting the guest list becomes a very difficult thing to do.
In our experience, making this list together is one of the first collaborative efforts as an engaged couple you get to do, and how you can work together on this, unless you are fortunate enough to have a budget large enough to invite everyone on each of the lists, can go a long way to show how well the two of you are able to work together in making decisions and reaching a goal.
One couple shared with us that they figured that the work of putting together a wedding together was a good way for them to learn the “stuff” they were each made of in preparation for a collaborative effort in marriage. judy@lilleyprinting.com
Judy Laughton Lilley
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