My fiance and I are having this debate right now. We have a lot of family that are close, but not THAT close who'd be fun to have at the party, and just a few immediate family and close friends. So, could we have most people come to the reception only?
I personally don't see an issue with this, but have been assured by my Mr. to be that this plan would mortally offend some senior family members, so I don't know where we'll end up. Also, I have heard other friends say that they don't think it works. Everyone who comes to the reception should also be invited to the wedding. But I wonder, does a smaller, more intimate cermony make things more meaningful? I had a friend get married recently, who had a family only wedding, and then a huge party afterward, and she felt that the smaller cermony was much more emotional and meaningful. On the other hand, including everyone and having a lot of people present when you make those vows could also be very meaningful ( I should note that in our case we are talking about 220 tops, not like a crowd of 500 or anything!).
So, I remain up in the air about the whole thing, and it may just depend on personality, the families involved, etc. But I'd be interested to know what other people think about this "trend."
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