My fiancé and I are not close to most of our extended family members. We’re planning our wedding and would like to limit the ceremony and reception to our parents, grandparents, siblings, and close friends.
However, our parents are upset that we’re not inviting extended family. In addition, there are some relatives who we love and would like to invite to the wedding. But we know that we can’t get away with inviting one uncle and not the other uncles, for example. So our solution is to have a small ceremony and reception as planned, but invite our extended family members to a separate get-together around a month after the wedding. The purpose would just be to see everyone—we’re not expecting them to bring gifts. Our parents like the idea, but I’m still nervous that this will come off as rude or hurt the feelings of the relatives who we’re close to. Do we just need to suck it up and invite everyone to the wedding?
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