“I am going to say this and I would hope that the two of you will not think that we are interfering in your relationship. I know that so many couples that we know have had their weddings hijacked by interfering parents and family. We would never do that but if there was anything that we could do – you know that we would both regard it as a honour to be asked “

“Thanks mom – I just don’t know what we are going to do “ Bette looked at Tina “We could put the date back “

“NO “ Tina said “That is not an opinion Bette Porter – I asked you to marry me and you said yes and I asked you if it could be on your birthday and you agreed. We can abandon every single one of our wishes but we are not abandoning the day you and I get married – forget it – do not go there –move on Bette “

“But “ Bette objected

“No “ Tina said “There are ways round this “

“Can we ask how many people you want to ask to the wedding ?”

Tina raised an eyebrow “ Well when we first discussed this Bette decided that there was just going to be our families – so many 15 people. Then I pointed out that it excluded James, Peggy, Helena, Shane, Alice and Dana – so we increased that to 25. The list keeps growing because we both add names from our work “

“I will happily remove all the artists that I considered inviting – in fact even if we secured a venue for 300 people I would still cross 90% of the names off my side of the list. The people I want there are you two, Shane, Alice, Kit and James. “

“You don’t have a definite list of people you want to invite ?” Elizabeth asked – they really were badly organised.

“Well look on the bright side – the longer you leave it – the more people will be double booked and not show up “ Hannah grinned.

“That is a good point “ Bette replied

“What is the criteria for your venue – if we can ask ?”