My Least Favorite Part

I think I just found my least favorite part of wedding planning.  While I don't particularly like dealing with a lot of the aspects of the wedding, and really loved some parts, I just found my least favorite.

Devin and I have both graduated college.  Which means, among other things, student loans.  Not to mention personal debt.  Which means, we don't have a ton of money to spend on the wedding.  And while our parents are being great and really helpful, we still have to pay for some of this wedding.  In an effort to help keep costs down, we decided that for invites, we only get 20 invites each.  That doesn't count immediate family and anyone who is in the wedding.  But when you think that even the most introverted people wind up influencing about 10,000 people in their lives, that's still a lot of people and not a lot of invites.

So we made lists.  And in some cases, had to remove people.  And it's not an easy decision.  There are a million factors that go into the process, but in the end, there is always someone that you can't invite.

And while many people aren't expecting an invite, many still are.  Today, I had to tell one of my friends that she wasn't invited.  And while I'm ecstatic that we are doing the live webcam during the wedding, I can only imagine how much it sucks to be told that you can watch that instead.

Not to mention how much I loathe confrontation in any form.  And this friend in particular is in no way adverse to it.

Yeah, not my favorite part.