I know exactly how you feel hun because originally I planned my wedding for NYE 2011 but had the same reaction from a lot of people. The thing is it's very easy to say - stuff em it's my wedding I'll do what I want, but at the end of the day yes we are getting married for us but for me it is about doing it with all my close family and friends around me to celebrate and I would be gutted if people couldn't make or didn't turn up. However for somebody to say I couldn't get maried on a certain day because it was their sisters, mothers, cousins, dogs flippin birthday then I would have to say TOUGH! Even if it was a 'big' birthday (21st, 40th, etc) I still wouldn't change it - surely it is more important to your closest friends and family to se you and Sam married than some silly party and tbh hun if it isn't then you really shouldn't want them there. This wedding malarky is so bloody stressful hun, if you need to vent or you need any help/advice/opinions then this is the place to come. xx