We are on a super super tight wedding budget. It was tight, but now our roof has sprung a leak and so it has become super SUPER tight. We cannot have a standard wedding reception basically.
The majority of guests are between 24-30, so I was thinking High Tea in a London park would be pretty fab. Dp is a huge ultimate frisbee player, as are some of his friends, we all enjoy a bit of croquet, and dd would find it all more fun. We could take trestle tables, cover them in linen table clothes, hire a ton of deckchairs for the afternoon, then all depart about 6/7ish, maybe the more sprightly going on to a club later if they fancied dancing. However, dp's grandad is in his 70's, and I'm worried he won't cope as well. He is brill, and was playing tennis until 2 years ago, but has suddenly gone downhill. I suppose I am worried he will think the wedding is a let down and not a proper wedding.
I know dp wants a "proper" wedding, but we are both studying at the mo, have just bought a house with leaks everywhere, have a six year old dd, and I just want to get married, I don't want to financially cripple us at the same time (I am doing that already by studying abroad this year). I would elope if it wouldn't upset so many people.
Basically I want to celebrate finding the man I love with all our wonderful friends, and not have to exclude people due to financial restraints. But will it exclude the older ones?