You’ve just ordered the wedding invitation that is perfect for your wedding.  The question most often asked is “Who really needs to get an invitation to my wedding?”    The biggest factor is usually cost when deciding who should get a wedding invitation.  How do you keep your invitation list from becoming too long?  You know you’ll be including immediate family and good friends, but if you need to cut back, it’s time to take a look at a few specific groups of people. 

Co-workers 

The easiest way to cut back on guests is to limit co-workers who are not close friends.  While you may feel as though you are obligated to invite your boss, you won’t be committing a faux pas if you don’t.  In order to keep your list of invitees reasonable, you need to make a distinct cut off.  You may need to eliminate all work-related guests, or limit your list to just bosses, or just to your department.  There is no need to feel awkward about this:  most people understand that weddings are expensive and you need to cut costs where you can. 

Your Extended Family:  The Family You Never See Anyway
Just like your co-workers, with this group, if you don’t feel like they are close to you, then you don’t need to send them a wedding invitation.  Some brides simply make a distinct cut-off in the family tree, and this is perfectly acceptable, and perhaps the most fair.  Aunts and uncles may be a “yes,” but you need to leave out the cousins, or maybe great-aunts and great-uncles are in, but you’ll have to drawn the line on your father’s cousins.  Again, people will understand if you make a judgment across the board. 

The People Who Don’t Want To Be There:  Young Children 
While contraversial, another group of people to eliminate might be young children.  Most kids under the age of 10 that are not family don’t understand or want to go to weddings anyway, so you’ll not be hurting their feelings by not inviting them.  If you intend on inviting children to your wedding, be sure to include their names on the inner envelope of their parents’ invitation.  To exclude kids from your wedding, place the phrase “adults only” on the wedding invitation and be sure not to put the names of the children on the inner envelope.