Hi there, this is the last thing I want to bother H2B with at the moment so would value your opinions.
Quick outline:
Invitees are H2B's aunt and uncle (1 invitation) and their two sons (aged 20 and 25, invitation each).
Got an RSVP from H2B's aunt saying that she and he husband can come, but 25 yr old son will be travelling. However 20 yr old son could come and could he please bring his girlfriend? It also specifically stated that should would only come to the reception and evening party (and not the wedding itself).
I can see where she's coming from - it seems like a simple mathematical equation of minus one person, plus another person. However, we've got very strict numbers and have purposefully only invited people as couples where we know both members of the couple. The only person we have made an exception for is an old school friend of H2B who knows nobody else at the wedding, so we've invited his girlfriend (but we at least know her name). I just worry that this sort of request could open the floodgates, and also maybe annoy people who haven't been invited and get wind of it.
I hate a stupid situation like this and sort of resent being put in it. We invited the people we invited because mainly we wanted them to be there (but also some family obligations!). More than ever now, I just want the wedding to be about our love and none of this politics. Add to that all the various stuff recently has put some financial strain on us and we just can't have people inviting themselves.
Help?!
