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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a good ratio is: 1/2 of the attendees are Bride & Groom's friends, their peer group. 1/4 are the Bride's family/relatives/friends of parents the parents may want to invite. 1/4 same for the Groom's family/relatives/friends of parents the parents may want to invite.

This is what I would do if, as MOB, our family was paying it all. If the couple is paying it all, I guess they truly get to decide all.[/quote]

South Asian parent here.  We pay for our kids weddings usually. The one piece of advice I heard and adhered to was to have the wedding in a venue that does not have space restriction.  There is a reason that certain hotels in DMV become the South Asian wedding hotels.   This is mainly so that we do not have to cull the extensive guest list and the hotel can accomodate the elements of Desi weddings.

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But what if your kid(s) do not want an 600+ person wedding?  what if they actually want to know and truly value each person at their wedding, so they might not want all 100+ of your friends. 
Or their cousins cousins sister to attend with their entire family of 9?

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South Asians come in all types and I wouldn’t stereotype in the way that the PP is doing.  I’ve been to big elaborate South Asian American weddings that the parents fund and smaller ones that the couple funds themselves.[/quote]

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