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Weddings are such a wonderful occasion that it is normal for you and your parents to want to share your special day with everyone. Unfortunately, most of us can't afford a wedding in which we invite everyone. Generally some difficult decisions have to be made over who should be cut from the guest list. Here are some tips to make the guest cutting as painless as possible.

1) Determine how many people you can invite to the wedding (take into account cost and space considerations). Then you may like to consider splitting the guest list 3 ways (particularly if the parents are paying for the majority of the wedding): the bride's parents, the groom's parents, and the couple. Each invites one-third of the guests.

2) Go through your guest list and split your guests into must the "must invites" and everyone else in the "possibles".

For the "possibles" list ask yourself these three questions:

• Have I seen this person in the last 12 months?

• Have I spoken with this person in the last 6 months?

• Did I send this person a Christmas or Birthday card last year?

If you answered "no" to all of the questions above, it's probably a good idea to cut this person from your guest list.

3) Don't invite your parent's friends, particularly if you don't know them very well, unless your parents are paying for all or a majority of the wedding expenses. Refer to step 1.

4) Don't invite second and third cousins.

5) Don't invite children.

6) Don't allow unattached guests to bring a date.

7) Don't invite old school or uni friends that you have not seen for a long time. Apply the rule detailed at Step 2 to past friends.

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