Wedding plans
Me and my partner are currently looking at planning our wedding in 2026. We both decided we wanted it super low-key, and I think we have decided on a 40 people limit and no reception, just a nice meal after the ceremony. Our only issue is that we feel bad for people who we won’t be inviting, eg family we don’t see as often.
How can we tell them in a nice way that we want a very small wedding without them feeling hurt😅
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@Gemma congratulations!🥰 luckily a lot of mine and my partners family are very understanding that we just don’t want that many people there and want it very relaxed. I’m hoping that when the day comes it all goes smoothly without people making comments on not being invited. If i had my way I would get married just us two with two witnesses😂
@Emily thank you. Yeah most of ours were but my bios Mum hasn't spoken to me since, that's her choice and I have learnt that I don't need others acceptance to be happy. Unfortunately it's them that's missing out not us. Haha yes I was exactly the same. I would have happily gone abroad just us and our parents.
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We had a small wedding in march, 35 including myself, husband and our son. We did have a reception after which then went up to 50 but then my in laws decided on throwing a party in may to invite those we hadn't invited to the wedding. It was just at a local rugby club my husband used to play at and at the time I wasn't fussed about it but in the end it worked out nicely. Some family did take the hump at not being invited to the wedding and some have not spoken to me since even though they were invited to the party, it was hard but I've come to realise that if they can't be happy for us then it was right not to have them there with us in the first place. I just explained to them that we just wanted a small wedding and that as much as we would love to celebrate with everyone it's not how we want our special day to go and we hoped they could still be happy with us and we would share our photos for them to enjoy afterwards.