What would you call an intimate affair?

NO WAY!! Intimate =50 and fewer in my opinion!

I wouldn't even call 175 "small"!! It's almost certainly on the larger side of average!

Intimate is small, not over 30 guests is what I would consider intimate.

The site intimate weddings defines it as 75 or less, and that's what I think, depending on how large your family is. I think that ours is semi-intimate at 80 because it's all close family and only 4 non-related friends

An intimate wedding to me either means 50 or so guests, or ONLY family. If we did only family, we'd have just shy of 100 people, and to me that would be intimate. So unless it's she has a 175 family members, I would not call it intimate.

For me, an intimate wedding is immediate family only (grandparents, parents siblings, nieces and nephews)

To me, a small and intimate wedding is 20-30 people. 175 is actually a pretty big wedding in my books.

I don't consider our 75 person wedding intimate, but some do. You have a right to be steamed

It's possible her family or her FH's family is absolutely huge and they are trying to keep it as "small" as possible lol. Some people's families can be enormous.

Intimate to me would be 50 or less.

Some people do have huge families though. My cousin is getting married next year, they aren't inviting more than 2 friends and their guestlist is at like 220!

Intimate is a feeling or emotion. Not necessarily meaning the size of something. It's intimate to her because she feels close to and a connection to everyone she's invited. She didn't say small, she said intimate. I feel the same way, although I've never called my wedding intimate, 125-150 people that we actually know and know us well.

Intimate:

closely acquainted; familiar, close.

"intimate friends"

synonyms: close, bosom, dear, cherished, faithful, devoted, fast, firm, familiar;

informal - chummy

"an intimate friend of Picasso's"

I consider anything less than 50 intimate. We had 42 and it was immediate family, aunts/uncles (we didn't invite cousins) and close friends. To me, 175 is average.

I consider anything less than 50 intimate. We had 42 and it was immediate family, aunts/uncles (we didn't invite cousins) and close friends. To me, 175 is average.

I dont think it matters with the size.. mine is 160 and it will be very intimate. i guess it depends on the couple..

50 or less if they're using it as an excuse.

Really intimate? Under 20. You'd be amazed at how many of these we do.

I would say anything 80 or under. We are inviting about 100 people probably only 75% will rsvp and over half of them are family so I would say ours is pretty intimate.

I am at 32 on the list and I think that is exiting "intimate" territory

Heck no. 50 is intimate. 175 is a whopping celebration.

We're at a grand total of 30 and I would call that intimate. My FSIL had about 50 at her wedding and I would call that small, not intimate.

I'm with queen b. My fh and I both have large, but close families. We know everyone that comes to our wedding intimately (not in the sexy way even though around 100 people will be there. There are only about 10 people invited that are not related by blood or marriage.

We consider ours intimate at 65 but we both come from very large families, the 65 just includes immediate family, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins with their spouses.