We're planning our wedding. For various reasons DP doesn't speak to my parents and vice versa, it's been this way for a while so nothing new.
Either way parents obviously want to be there when I get married just like DPs parents want to be there too. DP and my parents will most likely ignore each other which is awkward in itself on an occasion like this but I've got two options and wondering which one might make it slightly less so:
Option 1) small intimate wedding, parents, ILS, siblings on both sides and a few friends - risk is that it will be extremely obvious that DP and my parents don't speak to each other especially since they'll be so few people and it might make it very awkward for everyone present - worth noting that PILS speak to my parents so the NC is purely between DP and them. Pros are that it might potentially avoid some of the drama around planning since there's a strong drama streak running through my side of the family and the NC will serve to aggravate it.
Option 2) wedding of about 60 people from both sides of the family in the hopes that the numbers will have people socialising together and mingling and it's not going to be so glaringly obvious that the groom and PILS are ignoring each other. Potential con is that there might be drama during the planning as mentioned before but this could possibly be minimised by just giving people the bare minimum of info on any plans/decisions.
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homelyhomer · 21/06/2018 11:11
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