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My fiance and I have attended or participated in numerous weddings and we've decided for the sake of our financial and emotional well-being, we'd rather have a small event with only our immediate family and some of our closest friends. The invite list would be around twenty people maybe up to 30 at most. 

However, my extended family on my mother's side is a never-ending source of complications, drama, and judgment. I'll spare you all of the details, but in the past few years there have been unplanned pregnancies, domestic abuse, drug overdoses, shaming and driving away my cousin for coming out as gay, and countless other headaches that I'm glad are taking place multiple states away since I moved.

In addition, we live on the east coast and our extended families are spread out in the south, mid-atlantic, and midwest. No matter what it would be a logistical nightmare to plan a bigger wedding and some people will be unhappy no matter what we choose to do.

I'm curious if anyone has any ideas as to how we can tactfully plan a small ceremony and exclude people while sparing ourselves some grief that we're sure to get.
<bot>: How do we plan a small wedding and avoid some of the drama from extended family members who will likely raise a fuss?