To have hardly any guests..?

[CozyAutumnDays]

I’ve been with my partner 13 years, 2 children.
We’re thinking of finally getting married. I have a very small family which consists of my parents, one sister, and an auntie and uncle. I have very few friends. Basically my guest number would be probably about 10 people.
my partner has a huge extended family but I don’t particularly get on with them unfortunately, and they all live upwards of 4 hours away.
is it very sad to get married and pretty much only have kids, parents and siblings there(maybe not even his brother as we don’t get on either!) it feels very sad as we were meant to get married in Covid and had a guest list of about 80 but deaths, fall outs, priorities has just made us think is it really worth that.

I should say he’s not bothered about inviting all the extended family either other than a few aunts and uncles, and close cousins.

We were similar. We just had two married friends, their two kids and our son. Loved it. Go for it!

A small intimate wedding is amazing, set it somewhere that plays to your lower numbers, we went to a small hotel with amazing views and married by a Loch.

Lower numbers means more intimacy, more option for personal touches. You'll have people there you love and who love you, youve dropped your dead wood - only love and peace on your day

It’s completely fine and will be lovely. We had 32 guests, our parents, siblings and their partners, plus our closest friends. It would have gotten out of hand otherwise with extended families. It was a very joyful weekend, an we had the opportunity to properly speak with and enjoy the company of everyone and they each other. The people who really matter but aren’t invited will understand: weddings are expensive, guest listings can be complicated, pairing downs and compromises invariably have to be made.