To Invite or Not to Invite his step sisters/brothers & their kids
I'm in a serious state of confusion right now. My fiance and I are getting married in March 2008. His father and mother are divorced and his father is re-married w/ 3 children who are all grown. One of which has 3 children. He doesn't want to invite his step family except his step mother and maybe the closest step sister, however I don't even want that close step sister there. 1-you get her and her mother together all they do is smoke pot and I know these people and they will do it at my wedding so now I am obligated to hire a security guard to monitor my wedding. 2-If we invite one step sister we will have to invite all step sibilings of my fiance...what do I do? I have a large family as it is and our guest limit is 150. We are already at 120 which is not including church family and friends. Also-we have decided not to have children except for family who have children attend the wedding. Is this right and how would I word this in the invitations? PLEASE HELP!!!
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Jun 27, 2007, 4:01 PM
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Re: [Kurlygrl110] To Invite or Not to Invite his step sisters/brothers & their kids
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Dear Kurlygrl,
I don't think you need to worry about invitations yet. Those are a long time away. But, you don't have to invite any of the step children.
We never mention not inviting children on the invitations. This is a major no-no. And, even though it is consider appropriate to only invite children of family, parents of those children not invited tend to get a bit pushed out of shape when they find that some children are invited and yet theirs are not. Parents are quirky that way. So, if you are not inviting children, it may be best not to include them in the wedding.
To Invite or Not to Invite his step sisters/brothers & their kids
