Ok, we are having our wedding in april and making all the food ourselves. We are VERY poor, but want to celebrate with family. We have just enough money to buy ingredients to make dinner, and buy a keg of beer and some wine for our guests. We are making all the decorations, even the wedding dress and tie!

The problem is we have a lot of out of town family coming from 8+ hours drive away. We only get to see them once a year: cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Anyway I want us all to go out and have a family meal somewhere. I am worried if I invite everyone they’ll expect us to pay for the whole dinner and there’s no way we can afford it!!!

We can get a dining room for free at a nice restaurant here, since I used to work there, btw!

I just need help composing the extra note that will go with the family wedding invites. Something like “we have a dining room reserved for anyone who would like to join us for a family dinner” but i don’t want anyone to be blindsided when the check comes.

please help! i know it’s probably no big deal and nobody will cake