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save the dates magnets their list will be 1/3 of the size it originally was. Most brides and grooms struggle to find a way to politely tell people that they aren't invited to their wedding. Don't break out in a cold sweat when the office secretary asks when their wedding invitation will be on their desk, here are some ways you can tastefully let people know they won't be present on your wedding day. Blame the Intimacy A wedding is an intimate occasion whether there are 50 guests or 500 guests, and almost everybody can understand why it's important for a bride and groom to only have close friends and family members attend their wedding. The next time you're in an awkward wedding situation try saying: "We would have loved to invite everybody on our guest list, but we decided to only invite close friends and family members to our ceremony. You should have seen the first draft of our guest list, we had over 200 people we wanted to invite!" or "After a lot of thinking _________ and I decided to keep our wedding small. It was a tough decision because we know that a lot of people want to be there for our big day, but in the end we know that having only our closest friends and family members attend will make our wedding day even more special." Blame the Venue Almost every church or catering hall you'll tour will have a limit on how many guests they can accommodate, and their capacity rules can help get your out of an awkward wedding invite situation. If your cube mate has been dropping hints about receiving their wedding invitation, try saying: "The venue we chose has some pretty strict rules about the number of guests we're allowed to invite, I lost count of how many times______ and I had to go over our list to make sure that we met the place's capacity limit! I hope that people don't take their lack of a wedding invite personally, if we could have it our way we would have a lot more guests." Blame Your Family When all else fails, it's time to pull out the family trump card. Your un-invited friends will find it a lot more difficult to be upset over their lack of an invitation if they think that the family of the bride and/or groom had most of the control over the guest list. If you find yourself in another awkward invitation situation, try saying something along these lines: "My mother/father surprised me with their guest list; they have so many people they want to invite. Since they're helping to pay for the wedding I can't really argue with them over it, even if that means that some people on my proposed guest list can't come." ">Planning a wedding can be as fun as it is stressful, but it's safe to say that there aren't too many brides and grooms who have fun while they decide which of their friends, family members, and co-workers won't be attending their big day. Many couples usually have a large guest list when they start planning their wedding, but when the time rolls around to send out the save the dates magnets their list will be 1/3 of the size it originally was. Most brides and grooms struggle to find a way to politely tell people that they aren't invited to their wedding. Don't break out in a cold sweat when the office secretary asks when their wedding invitation will be on their desk, here are some ways you can tastefully let people know they won't be present on your wedding day. Blame the Intimacy A wedding is an intimate occasion whether there are 50 guests or 500 guests, and almost everybody can understand why it's important for a bride and groom to only have close friends and family members attend their wedding. The next time you're in an awkward wedding situation try saying: "We would have loved to invite everybody on our guest list, but we decided to only invite close friends and family members to our ceremony. You should have seen the first draft of our guest list, we had over 200 people we wanted to invite!" or "After a lot of thinking _________ and I decided to keep our wedding small. It was a tough decision because we know that a lot of people want to be there for our big day, but in the end we know that having only our closest friends and family members attend will make our wedding day even more special." Blame the Venue Almost every church or catering hall you'll tour will have a limit on how many guests they can accommodate, and their capacity rules can help get your out of an awkward wedding invite situation. If your cube mate has been dropping hints about receiving their wedding invitation, try saying: "The venue we chose has some pretty strict rules about the number of guests we're allowed to invite, I lost count of how many times______ and I had to go over our list to make sure that we met the place's capacity limit! I hope that people don't take their lack of a wedding invite personally, if we could have it our way we would have a lot more guests." Blame Your Family When all else fails, it's time to pull out the family trump card. Your un-invited friends will find it a lot more difficult to be upset over their lack of an invitation if they think that the family of the bride and/or groom had most of the control over the guest list. If you find yourself in another awkward invitation situation, try saying something along these lines: "My mother/father surprised me with their guest list; they have so many people they want to invite. Since they're helping to pay for the wedding I can't really argue with them over it, even if that means that some people on my proposed guest list can't come."
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