We're Engaged. Now What?
A calm beginning to planning a wedding together
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FIRST DECISIONS
The Guest List Conversation
Make invitation decisions together, with care for the people involved.
- 28 pages · 49 fillable writing spaces
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A FEW PAGES, JUST AS THEY ARE
Before You Write a Name
A guest list begins with people and quickly turns into numbers. Before opening a spreadsheet, talk about what you hope it will feel like to have your people together. One of you may picture a table where everyone knows your history. The other may picture bringing separate circles together for the first time. Both pictures contain useful information. Neither tells you the final number yet.
A question to make your own
Partner A: The gathering I imagine
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About this book.
Behind every name is a relationship, and behind different guest counts there may be different hopes for the day. Work through invitations together with pages for private first lists, family expectations, companions, children, and clear replies, then bring your decisions into a list you can feel ready to welcome.
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Couples working through who to invite and how to decide.
- Compare each partner's hopes and first lists
- Decide how to include partners, companions, and children
- Discuss family requests and invitation boundaries
- Count people accurately and follow up on unclear replies
See every chapter and writing page 24
- Before You Write a Name
- Your Private First Lists
- What Each of You Is Protecting
- The Number the Room Can Hold
- Count People, Address Households
- Family Is More Than a Column
- Friends From Different Seasons
- The People You Work With
- Partners and Companions
- Deciding About Children
- When Someone Else Is Contributing
- Private Boundaries
- The Invitation You Feel You Owe
- An Invitation Across a Distance
- Compare Two Real Lists
- Who Might Be Missing?
- Give Every Name a Status
- Say Who Is Invited
- When Someone Asks for Another Place
- When the List Changes
- Fairness Without a Scoreboard
- Replies Without Guesswork
- The Unanswered Invitation
- A List You Can Welcome
