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BrideBelle
Devoted August 2017

Uneven families?

BrideBelle, on June 17, 2017 at 10:59 PM

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Did anyone else have a smaller family than your spouse? We ordered 100 invitations and only 20 of those went to my family & friends. I didn't really notice until we was addressing invitations today. I don't know.. It just kind of made me realize I'm not going to have as many people who love me there...

Did anyone else have a smaller family than your spouse? We ordered 100 invitations and only 20 of those went to my family & friends. I didn't really notice until we was addressing invitations today. I don't know.. It just kind of made me realize I'm not going to have as many people who love me there as he will. I know that sounds petty lol but I just felt a little sad thinking about it today! We aren't having each family sit on different sides..Thank goodness hah! Am I the only one in this situation? Did you for a little while feel slightly upset?

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  • Robyn
    Super June 2017
    Robyn ·
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    Windex!!!!!

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  • J
    Devoted December 2019
    Jessica Navarro ·
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    I was gonna say my FH family loves me just as much mine does so since we consider eachother family anyways it doesn't bother me but I have a tiny family and my FH has a huge family

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  • Eisha love
    Devoted August 2017
    Eisha love ·
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    Most of our invitation went to my family and friends

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  • FutureMrs.L
    Master September 2018
    FutureMrs.L ·
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    We're very uneven. I have a lot more family than he does. Also due to him immigrating here, we're not sure how many of his family/friends will travel out of the country for the wedding. I can tell he's a bit bummed by it, especially not knowing if his mom can make it. My mom and I are working on things to surprise him with her being here. Smiley smile my family adores him, so that's a big plus. We're doing pick a seat not a side, and a very small intimate wedding.

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  • MoreMoore
    VIP November 2017
    MoreMoore ·
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    Same for us. But every time I look at the guest list, I am reminded that no matter the number, the people who love me the hardest are included. He just has twice as many people that he feels that way about.

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  • Mia Wallace
    Devoted October 2017
    Mia Wallace ·
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    Same here. Out of 125 only 28 are mine.

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  • RZ_ToBe
    Master July 2018
    RZ_ToBe ·
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    I will only have my parents, a grandfather and MAYBE my sister and one set of grandparents attending. When FH and I put our guest list together, I felt really upset at first because I only had about 10% of the list including our mutual friends. The rest is his family. But I've since gotten over it because these are the people that mean most, so I don't care about the numbers anymore.

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  • Tiffany
    Devoted July 2017
    Tiffany ·
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    Ours is that way, he has more family and friends coming than I do. I was a bit jealous at first but I'm over it now. He may have more ppl to invite than I do but we are both loved and that's what matters.

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  • L
    Dedicated September 2017
    Lindsey ·
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    My FH has 101 on his list and I have 51. Doesn't bother me either way.

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  • HolyMoly63
    Super September 2017
    HolyMoly63 ·
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    I have a mom, dad, and brother. FH has parents, siblings, aunts, uncle's, and cousins. It's insane. Our rehearsal dinner will have 70 people most likely. Yes, a sit on any side sign will also be happening at our ceremony. Haha

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  • C
    Savvy July 2017
    Constance ·
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    I have a similar situation. My fh has little family but has more friends than me. I am letting everyone sit where they want. However my family has been really awesome in letting him know and feel he is definitely already one of the family. I have no doubt they would sit "on his side"

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  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
    2d Bride ·
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    First marriage, the groom had about 60 people from his family and I had about 20 from mine. Second one, I had only immediate family, but the other bride had no one from her family. Honestly, it's not a big deal.

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  • Sos0033
    VIP September 2017
    Sos0033 ·
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    About 80% of our guest list is FH's family.

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  • Alicia
    Expert August 2017
    Alicia ·
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    I understand, it's the same with my and my FH. It isn't petty unless you intentionally limit important people (to him) to even things out.

    I just keep reminding myself that his family likes me, and a lot of "his" friends are really "our" friends.

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  • ambrok
    Master October 2017
    ambrok ·
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    I have a lot of siblings where FH just has a brother. We had FH invite aunts/uncle n cousins where I did not but...since 90% of his family is OOS...we don't expect any to attend Smiley sad Kinda sucks but I am not apologizing for something out of my control. It is what it is. We did pretty much split the friends list n he just has a few more.

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  • Courtney
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    Courtney ·
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    My FH has more family and more friends then me lol

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  • Elizabeth
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    Elizabeth ·
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    My mom is the oldest of 7 and dad is the youngest of 8. FH is only inviting his parents, grandparents, and 2 sisters (which are bridesmaids). He hasn't mentioned anything.

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  • KittyPrawn
    Master June 2017
    KittyPrawn ·
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    I had more family and friends than my spouse. We had 9 tables for guests, 6 were mine.

    But, I included a lot of family like cousins, and he only had three family members. He only included people that are actually in his life. That was more meaningful to him. He wasn't upset. He could have invited more if he wanted.

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  • Danielle
    VIP March 2017
    Danielle ·
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    Yep!! H is from another country so our ratio of 90 people was like 72 my people and 18 his people. I felt bad about it but he didn't seem to care too much as long as they important people were there. I will say at the wedding it didn't really make a difference because most of my family and friends had gotten to know him and were just as excited for him if that makes sense. He did say there were a lot of people he didn't know there lol but I didn't know some of them super well either (parents friends) so it was whatever.

    It will be a beautiful day! Try to focus on being excited that the people who mean the most to you will be able to be there!!! Congrats!!!

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