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You've set your wedding budget and booked a reception venue that you can afford. But there's this one little problem: your guest list keeps growing! Your parents insure that you have to invite an old family friend; your co-workers ask if they can bring their boyfriends. And then there's the common etiquette dilemma of 'having' to invite an entire group of people (rather than the few members you really like) because they would be 'offended'.

Do not know what to do? Here are some ways to get your guest list (and the cost of your reception) back under control:

1. Divide your total head count into three: a third to the bride's parents, a third to the groom's parents, and a third to the bride and groom.

2. Trim friends you have not seen in years. You will not have any chance to really talk during the wedding, anyway.

3. Do not invite co-workers unless they're really your friends (ie, you go out with them regularly, and would probably be just close even if any one of you changed jobs) Ask one person out of courty, and you'll have to ask all.

4. Discourage guests from bringing children or dates. A tactful way of doing this is to print seating cards ("we have reserved __ seats for you at Table __") and insert them in the invitations.

5. Switch places. Ask yourself, "Would I be hurt if they did not invite me to their wedding?" If the answer is no, cut them from your list.

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Source by Lesley-Ann Graham