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Originally Posted by merleniau
150 people = close friends and family? Jeebus! I guess because my parents and my sister and I are the only members of my family to live in the US, I have a skewed sense of family size. I would imagine that wedding attendance (for my "side," at least) wouldn't be more than 30 people. This includes family that would possibly come from Wales (probably not) and optimism on the part of friends.
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I had the same thought...
150 is actually pretty average-sized, but each to her own.
We had about 30-35 people at our American wedding (mostly mutual friends and our close family, and we planned that one), then 35 people at our very toned-down Thai Buddhist wedding (my friends/family, which my mom handled), and then about 90 people at the reception in Lebanon (all his people, and his parents dealt with that). We were aiming for under 50, though the Lebanese one was out of our hands completely.
The main concern with guests is really the cost per head... once you get an estimate on that, your guest list drops dramatically (hence our 35, when we could have easily had over a 100 at that first wedding).