So about that long lost cousin in Tasmania...

My mom called, "Margit, can we squeeze one more in?"

Let me back up, to explain that my wedding is small-ish, limited to 64 people at a restaurant just outside of New York City. Our guest list is at 68. We started off thinking we'd have a bigger 150 person wedding in my hometown, Philadelphia, but decided -- since we're older, a hair wiser and wanted something really special -- we'd pick a great restaurant and invite just immediate family and a few close friends. Of course we started at a guestlist of 30. Oops.

The only thing I regret about our choice is that there's no room, really, for dancing. We'll have a jazz quartet, but, sadly, no room to bust a move.

Back to Mom: "G (we'll call him G) is coming in to stay with Uncle G in California for several weeks and they wondered if G could come to the wedding. He's a professional breakdancer now."

"He's a what??"

Turns out G, who'd I'd met once when he was about 5 years old (before his parents divorced. Uncle G stayed in Cali; Aunt G moved the brood of three boys back to Australia), has been teaching and performing on the remote Australian island. Its always made me quite sad that I've never really known three of my first cousins. Now, this was an opportunity to get to know one of them a little better.

"Supposedly," my 60-something mother added, "He's become and expert at popping and locking."

Who knew those words were in mother's vocabulary.

When I spoke to Uncle G he asked if G, now 18-years-old, could perhaps show his moves at an opportune moment during the reception. I had to inform him it wasn't that kind of wedding. (Maybe no dancing was a good thing?) But that maybe later, back at the hotel, lil' G could spin on his head.

G reached out to me via email and is clearly a lovely, spirited 18-year-old.

He wrote: "I'm not sure how much exactly you know about me or if you dont know anything about me. I am super passionate about Popping and Bboying (Breakdancing). I have been Teaching Basic classes here in Tasmania, I also do performances around the state as well as workshops around local schools. This is all fun and paid which is unbelievable because I would do it just for the fun, but the down side is that Tasmania's breakdance and Popping culture is non existant... "

He added that he's learned his trade by going on the internet and watching movies over and over. And a chance to come to New York City, the "birthplace of breaking" would be, well, "wow!"

How could I say no? Now we're 69. What's a few more chairs.

Since then, we've been emailing back and forth. Lil' G's shared a few tips about honeymoons in Australia (where we thought we'd go for a split second), "It's kind of boring here." And I told him he should check out the Broadway Dance Center where many of the So You Think You Can Dance experts work out and teach. He's planning to enter the Australian version of SYTYCD

So this unexpected addition to our wedding guests seems very serendipitous. I get to re-connect with a relative and maybe I'll learn to "freeze."

NearlyWed Asks: Have you had to squeeze in unexpected guests to your wedding?

Here are a few good tips from Dream Weddings on a Budget when you have a guest you'd rather not include