DEAR MISS MANNERS: When the bride’s parents pay for the wedding, should they not be able to invite at least half of the guests?

Our daughter has been engaged for almost two years and has a baby with her fiancé. Now they want a wedding, so we told them how much we could contribute. They have no money set aside, and his parents will contribute nothing. It seems that weddings have become outrageously expensive, so they will need to have a small event (no more than 100 guests).

Our daughter has now told us that since her fiancé’s parents both have big families, they will get 70 invites, while the bride and groom will be inviting 15 friends. Again, his family is not providing anything. The number of invitations left does not leave us room to invite first cousins, or any friends -- unless we

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