I have nothing to contribute to contribute to OP's question. But I glanced at the invite too fast and for a second I misread it as saying "bring food".
We're probably going to have to, though, with the four-hour gap in the middle of nowhere...
I have nothing to contribute to contribute to OP's question. But I glanced at the invite too fast and for a second I misread it as saying "bring food".
We're probably going to have to, though, with the four-hour gap in the middle of nowhere...
Honestly, every RSVP card I've ever received started with an M, no matter how formal or informal. I just sent back one day with "Mr. DH and Nickname Lastname" in it. Last week, I sent back another the same way (five weddings this year, woooo).
My best friend who received mine for her wedding texted me to say I'm the ONLY person so far who sent back the card with the M properly filled out. I was surprised. I said, "Well, that's what it's for."
If you didn't have it, you'd have this blank line that people would wonder about it. Or you'd have to put something like "Names:_________ __accept __decline". Space saver.
We did the little M____ thing on ours. I also put in parenthesis under the line "Name or Names".
Everyone has figured out how to fill it out, except for exactly two people. Those people are the couple who declined and did not put a name anywhere on the RSVP card. So I have no idea who it was that was declining, although it looked like from the postmark they live in our city. Which narrows it down to about 8 couples who live locally and haven't RSVP'd. As I'm typing this I have a guess on who it was...
"Ms. Current name and Mr. Lastname". This is why you should address all personal mail formally. It eliminates confusion.
What do you mean by not doing formal invites (invitations)? Are you having guests? If you are, then you should send them formal, paper invitations, even if they are only handwritten notes.
We're going to Vegas with our parents and ten of our best friends. We asked them all individually in person. No invites needed. Everyone's already booked flights and hotel rooms and we gave them each a little printed itinerary so they know where to meet us etc. on the day. I have absolutely zero need to waste time and money on formal invitations, and certainly no need to mail anything when we only invited people we see weekly at least. I just handed everyone the little itinerary as I saw them this week, actually.
We're not into tradition for the sake of it - everyone knows when and where it is and that we're excited to see them there, and I already know they're all coming so no need to RSVP.
Drop the pearls.
No need for sarcasm. Yes, you DO need formal paper invitations. They can be as simple as a handwritten note.
I don't, actually. What purpose would they serve, exactly?
Ditto. I didn't send formal invites either because we are doing a similar thing at our destination wedding, we all booked flights and hotels together, and we are all aware of what the plan is when we are there. Why waste money on something that's not needed?
I didn't have paper invites for my wedding. I figured our parents and siblings could handle it. I did make up a lot of maps and information sheets about the area for them.
They all made it and had a great time. I saved money and paper. To make invites for 4 households seemed rather ridiculous to me.
We'll have to wait four hours for you to take a photo,
Which, frankly, makes this wedding kind of a no-go.
Unfortunately the couple are very old, close friends of FI's - from high school - so we'll be going, despite said four-hour gap, expensive (but not upscale, just expensive) resort in the middle of nowhere (with no other hotel options within an hour), "give us money" poem, and cutesy RSVP card. I'm trying to not be too pissy about it but even FI and our roomie, who know nothing about etiquette, were totally put off by the whole thing. We're either going to be sitting in the parking lot drinking for four hours (if we can't check into our rooms early, which is a definitely possibility with so many other people presumably wanting to do the same thing) or going hiking nearby and changing back into our wedding outfits afterwards (if we can get into our room to shower.) And I'll grit my teeth and write them a cheque as a gift, too, I guess.
I put their dog's name in the "insert excitement" blank because he's excited about everything, though.
We'll have to wait four hours for you to take a photo,
Which, frankly, makes this wedding kind of a no-go.
Unfortunately the couple are very old, close friends of FI's - from high school - so we'll be going, despite said four-hour gap, expensive (but not upscale, just expensive) resort in the middle of nowhere (with no other hotel options within an hour), "give us money" poem, and cutesy RSVP card. I'm trying to not be too pissy about it but even FI and our roomie, who know nothing about etiquette, were totally put off by the whole thing. We're either going to be sitting in the parking lot drinking for four hours (if we can't check into our rooms early, which is a definitely possibility with so many other people presumably wanting to do the same thing) or going hiking nearby and changing back into our wedding outfits afterwards (if we can get into our room to shower.) And I'll grit my teeth and write them a cheque as a gift, too, I guess.
I put their dog's name in the "insert excitement" blank because he's excited about everything, though.
I had this conversation with a friend who didn't know what it was for until her own wedding. Her first name starts with M, so she would put Maggie Smith. I don't know if she thought the couple had 26 different types of RSVP cards or what.
We'll have to wait four hours for you to take a photo,
Which, frankly, makes this wedding kind of a no-go.
Unfortunately the couple are very old, close friends of FI's - from high school - so we'll be going, despite said four-hour gap, expensive (but not upscale, just expensive) resort in the middle of nowhere (with no other hotel options within an hour), "give us money" poem, and cutesy RSVP card. I'm trying to not be too pissy about it but even FI and our roomie, who know nothing about etiquette, were totally put off by the whole thing. We're either going to be sitting in the parking lot drinking for four hours (if we can't check into our rooms early, which is a definitely possibility with so many other people presumably wanting to do the same thing) or going hiking nearby and changing back into our wedding outfits afterwards (if we can get into our room to shower.) And I'll grit my teeth and write them a cheque as a gift, too, I guess.
I put their dog's name in the "insert excitement" blank because he's excited about everything, though.
NO! This is the perfect opportunity to deploy a metal rooster.
I had this conversation with a friend who didn't know what it was for until her own wedding. Her first name starts with M, so she would put Maggie Smith. I don't know if she thought the couple had 26 different types of RSVP cards or what.
My name starts with M too and I seriously considered that for a moment, hahaha.
We'll have to wait four hours for you to take a photo,
Which, frankly, makes this wedding kind of a no-go.
Unfortunately the couple are very old, close friends of FI's - from high school - so we'll be going, despite said four-hour gap, expensive (but not upscale, just expensive) resort in the middle of nowhere (with no other hotel options within an hour), "give us money" poem, and cutesy RSVP card. I'm trying to not be too pissy about it but even FI and our roomie, who know nothing about etiquette, were totally put off by the whole thing. We're either going to be sitting in the parking lot drinking for four hours (if we can't check into our rooms early, which is a definitely possibility with so many other people presumably wanting to do the same thing) or going hiking nearby and changing back into our wedding outfits afterwards (if we can get into our room to shower.) And I'll grit my teeth and write them a cheque as a gift, too, I guess.
I put their dog's name in the "insert excitement" blank because he's excited about everything, though.
NO! This is the perfect opportunity to deploy a metal rooster.
"Ms. Current name and Mr. Lastname". This is why you should address all personal mail formally. It eliminates confusion.
What do you mean by not doing formal invites (invitations)? Are you having guests? If you are, then you should send them formal, paper invitations, even if they are only handwritten notes.
We're going to Vegas with our parents and ten of our best friends. We asked them all individually in person. No invites needed. Everyone's already booked flights and hotel rooms and we gave them each a little printed itinerary so they know where to meet us etc. on the day. I have absolutely zero need to waste time and money on formal invitations, and certainly no need to mail anything when we only invited people we see weekly at least. I just handed everyone the little itinerary as I saw them this week, actually.
We're not into tradition for the sake of it - everyone knows when and where it is and that we're excited to see them there, and I already know they're all coming so no need to RSVP.
Drop the pearls.
No need for sarcasm. Yes, you DO need formal paper invitations. They can be as simple as a handwritten note.
I don't, actually. What purpose would they serve, exactly?
PROPER. IT WOULD BE PROPER.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK?! THE HORROR!
No need for sarcasm.
There is always a need for sarcasm. There are children in Africa without sarcasm. Do you know what their daily lives are like without sarcasm?
Re: Dumb invite question
Ditto. I didn't send formal invites either because we are doing a similar thing at our destination wedding, we all booked flights and hotels together, and we are all aware of what the plan is when we are there. Why waste money on something that's not needed?
They all made it and had a great time. I saved money and paper. To make invites for 4 households seemed rather ridiculous to me.
This poem is amazing!
I had a similar question a while back as well. I think the answered turned out to be "Mr. ChemFanatic's boyfriend and Miss ChemFanatic"
I put his name first because the invite was addressed to him and guest.
NO! This is the perfect opportunity to deploy a metal rooster.
NO! This is the perfect opportunity to deploy a metal rooster.
You're right. Time to go Beyonce shopping?
Sarcasm-less African child, reporting for duty!