This is the old trap of parents and weddings.
Apparently the ideal way to handle this is to split the guest list into thirds - one third for your guests, one for your husband-to-be's guests and one third for your parents' intended guests.

(We ignored this, decided to pay for our own, and will not be inviting any of my or Captain V's da's family. We did concede to have some of our parents' friends at the evening bit though.)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:27, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

my parents' and the mrs' parents' friends can fuck off
unless they are rich
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:28, Reply)

My, how nicely you apostrophise.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:39, Reply)

it took a while
once I'd started I couldn't stop
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:40, Reply)

the first and third aren't needed
shurely?
( djtrialprice, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:40, Reply)

it is
the friends of my parents and the friends of the parents of my mrs.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:41, Reply)

ah yes
my lazy mind hadn't seen the 'friends' which answered my question: Where's the possessiveness?

Of course this means I thought you were saying that your parents and your future in-laws could f*** off.
( djtrialprice, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:44, Reply)

naa, they're alright :-)

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:45, Reply)

Bloody are, heathen.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 8 Jul 2010, 15:42, Reply)