(rawr!)
But that my mom would be a Momzilla...
(rawr!)
(rawr!)
And of course, my sister would be a Maidzilla...
(rawr!)
(rawr!)
But alas, that we are not. I don't have many demands...in fact people are demanding that I start demanding so I stop writing complaining posts about how my dress will make it anywhere without me (yes, I know you all love me, I'll shut up about it...I think).
Anyway, the point of this post is not to call anyone a zilla of any sort...it's just to talk about the weird paradigm shift I am experiencing. I always assumed the dudes parents really didn't care about the 'who, what, where, WEAR, when, or why' of the wedding. I just assumed they would ask us to invite one friend and we'd move along. Well, the dude and I were very much mistaken. Very, very much mistaken. Our first guest list was comprised of people I thought would come to the wedding. I didn't think it was nice to send an invite to someone I knew wouldn't come. Maybe I'm naive, I just didn't want those people to think I was begging for a gift. Man, I really care what people think, don't I?
Our second guest list had numerous people added that I COMPLETELY forgot about (but love just the same as those on the first list). To this day, we are still adding people to our guest list. Mind you, all additions are being made by the dude's family (who have offered to pay for them, so it's no big deal). But it's totally weird! Our guest list is now at about 103 people! INSANE! (in the membrane...)
Let's talk about the (ongoing) additions, they're BIG additions. Not really numbers wise...STATUS wise. Seriously. I will not divulge what it is the dude does for a living, but let me break it down in business speak. Say you worked for a company of approximately 12,000 employees and the CEO was invited to your wedding. This is all good because you know the CEO on a first name basis and vice versa. Cool. But what if inviting that CEO meant you also had to invite the VP of Operations and the VP of Finance...both of whom you don't know. Oh, and by the way, the VP of Operations is married to the CEO of the company across the street. Yeah, big wigs are invited (and likely attending) our wedding.
What the WHAT???
The sad part? The dude won't receive any special treatment for (sorta) knowing and (definitely) partying with these people. My dude likes to be EXTREMELY professional at all times, so I really hope he can get past all of this.
As for me? I'm not inviting anyone from work, and I'm A-OK with that.
Needless to say, I can't wait to send out our invites so there can be no more additions and we can move past all of these surprises.
Did you have any surprise additions to your guest list? How did you deal with it?
Anyway, the point of this post is not to call anyone a zilla of any sort...it's just to talk about the weird paradigm shift I am experiencing. I always assumed the dudes parents really didn't care about the 'who, what, where, WEAR, when, or why' of the wedding. I just assumed they would ask us to invite one friend and we'd move along. Well, the dude and I were very much mistaken. Very, very much mistaken. Our first guest list was comprised of people I thought would come to the wedding. I didn't think it was nice to send an invite to someone I knew wouldn't come. Maybe I'm naive, I just didn't want those people to think I was begging for a gift. Man, I really care what people think, don't I?
Our second guest list had numerous people added that I COMPLETELY forgot about (but love just the same as those on the first list). To this day, we are still adding people to our guest list. Mind you, all additions are being made by the dude's family (who have offered to pay for them, so it's no big deal). But it's totally weird! Our guest list is now at about 103 people! INSANE! (in the membrane...)
Let's talk about the (ongoing) additions, they're BIG additions. Not really numbers wise...STATUS wise. Seriously. I will not divulge what it is the dude does for a living, but let me break it down in business speak. Say you worked for a company of approximately 12,000 employees and the CEO was invited to your wedding. This is all good because you know the CEO on a first name basis and vice versa. Cool. But what if inviting that CEO meant you also had to invite the VP of Operations and the VP of Finance...both of whom you don't know. Oh, and by the way, the VP of Operations is married to the CEO of the company across the street. Yeah, big wigs are invited (and likely attending) our wedding.
What the WHAT???
The sad part? The dude won't receive any special treatment for (sorta) knowing and (definitely) partying with these people. My dude likes to be EXTREMELY professional at all times, so I really hope he can get past all of this.
As for me? I'm not inviting anyone from work, and I'm A-OK with that.
Needless to say, I can't wait to send out our invites so there can be no more additions and we can move past all of these surprises.
Did you have any surprise additions to your guest list? How did you deal with it?
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