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So my fiancee and I are planning to get married around August or September of this year. Someone told me it was bad luck to make a list of the people coming, so soon, but i mean i've seen people getting ready for a wedding even 1 year before the actual date. So is it bad luck??? lol i kno alot of people dont believe in this kind of stuff when your getting married i guess you get all nervous and want everything to be perfect.

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Making a guest list in one of the first things you have to do. You need to know approximately how many people you are inviting and you expect to come pretty early in the game. You have to order invites You have to book a venue and a caterer These require reasonably accurate numbers I've never heard of this being bad luck. But ask yourself this...are you really that superstitious?
I don't think luck has anything to do with making a guest list. It's something you'll want to start and keep track of throughout your entire planning process. Unless you have unlimited money to fund this event, it's EXTREMELY important to maintain a guest list because otherwise you could quickly find your budget spiralling out of control. Good luck!
no..its not bad luck. you don't have to worry. congrats and good luck =]
Oh my gosh! Definitely make your list!! Don't be nervous about doing it (no bad luck involved!).... the more you can do early, the less nervous you will be as you get closer! Check out theknot.com for a list of what to do when. Good luck :-)
it's not bad luck to make a list, period. people who don't make lists are chronically unprepared, late, disorganized, and unreliable. the trash heap has spoken.
No, you need to do a guest list early on because you cant book a venue, caterer, etc without knowing how many people to feed and all that. Some venues can only accomodate a certain amount of people. And venue is the first thing you need to do, so you need to know how people will probably be there. At least a ball park number. Good Luck and Congrats!
I dont think it matters when you make your guest list. Im still debating on staying with him the night before the wedding, though. So I understand the whole bad luck thing.
No, it's not bad luck! And you have to have a list of people that you think will come because you need to know the size of the venue you'll need...and if you really are planning to get married in August or September, you better hop to it! Make your list and start looking at venues!
Are you kidding?! It's only 4 months away! I would say that is a VERY short amount of time! Because, until you know how many people you want to invite, you have no idea how large of a venue you will need. I would say do it pronto, so you can get the location you want!!
Oh, for heaven's sake! That's the silliest thing I've heard today! If you don't put a list together, how are you possibly going to plan anything else? You have to have a pretty good idea how many guests you'll have before you can find a venue, decide on a menu, select favors. You can't put a realistic budget together without knowing how many guests there will be. This was one of the first things we did when we got engaged, 13 months before the wedding. Once we knew both how many guests and how much money we would have, then, and only then, could we plan anything else. Get started on the list, Honey! (Congrats!)
I agree with the first person who responded. That was the first thing my fiancee and I did was made a list of our guests so we can get a broad count of how many people and what venue we wanted to use to accommodate all these people. We needed to know if the place we wanted will hold all of them or should we find a smaller place or bigger place so you definitely need to make a list.
th earlier you get started the less stressed you'll be later. i've been engaged almost 2 years and we've made a list of people already.
Why would someone even say that to u? My wedding is in Oct and I have made the guest list so I know how many invitations to order,how many tables and chairs I will need,linens, table decorations, party favors, and catering.Girl the list is essential to decisions u will have to make for ur wedding, so u go right ahead!!!
I'm from the South and have heard hundred of superstitions involved with weddings, but that's one I haven't heard. Every superstition has a reason behind it, and I can't think of why there would be a reason planning ahead would be bad luck. Even if it were a real superstition, how would we know how soon is "too soon"? Go ahead and get started on your guest list!
I've got the invite list, and have had it since pretty soon after we started planning because I needed to figure out what size reception venue we would need. Several people have already told us they will be attending, but we haven't sent invites or anything yet.
who the fudge ever said that it's a bad idea to plan a guest list 5 months before the wedding? lol i started working on our guest list about 3 months ago for our sept wedding. i'm still trying to track down a few addresses and we have made a few changes to the guest list recently. best to start early so you know how many you plan to invite for budget and money reasons.
Do your guest list NOW. That is the first thing you need to do so you can pick a venue, order invitations, find out how much rentals would be (if needed), book a caterer, etc. It is VERY IMPORTANT. I've never heard anything about it being bad luck... people are weird, though, they'll think of anything. I've been planning a wedding in 5 months (engaged Jan 6, wedding May 23rd), and it's a lot to do! You better get started!
I've honestly never heard of that superstition! Really, though, if your wedding is coming up that quickly, I'd start making the guest list ASAP. TheKnot.com has a really awesome little tool where you can arrange everyone by "groups," which makes it really easy once you get down to the line & start needing to cut people from the list (if it gets too big, of course.) I think it would be WORSE luck to not get the list in order quickly, and lead to tons of unnecessary stress as the wedding gets closer. The sooner you can get an idea of your guest list, the better you'll be.
no it's not bad luck. i made my list about 9 months before my wedding