Question... and a complaint...

irishmilla02

Question:  For those of you that sent out invitations for fun (meaning to sports teams, celebrities, etc), did you include a letter in there saying why you are inviting them?  If so, what stuff did you include?  I know a few knotties did this and I think I am as well... but I don't really know what to write.  Complaint:  I hate that I have to spend money on RSVP envelope stamps for people that I know are either not coming or will just call/email to RSVP.  I know it's proper etiquette but it still sucks. 

peachmango

I sent out a few to sport teams, atheletes and celebrities.  For 2 of them, I included a personalized letter.  DH is a huge fan of Michael Jordan, so we had to "invite" him.  In that letter, I just wrote how DH is a huge fan since high school, etc.  The other hand written letter was to Keven Garnett.  In that one, I wrote how much energy the brought to the Celtics team, etc.  We did get a response back from Michael Jordan!  He (or his staff) sent us a Congratulations certificate and an autographed picture.  DH was so excited when he got that in the mail.Never heard from Keven Garnett.  So I also tried to send an invite to the entire Patriots team.  That invite got sent back... they wanted me to list out exactly who on the team the invite was going to.  Since I wanted so many ppl on the team, it was too much trouble for me to I didn't bother resending :pI know etiquette says include RSVP stamp.  But I think, in this case, it really doesn't matter.  First of all, most will not respond.  Secondly, if they do respond, it's definitely not going to be a YES to the RSVP.  They might send you an autographed pic or something so they can't even use the postage you included..

jaymers99

oooh...i hadn't ever heard of sending out "for fun" invitations.  that sounds really, well, FUN!as for the complaint side, i did receive an rsvp card that asked to respond by going to a website, thus no need for a stamp!  with technology these days, i think it is becoming more acceptable to not follow traditional etiquette...

inamra

Yeah, I totally hear ya, the postage part sucks for those who aren't gonns send one back but yeah, we had to do it anyway. But we actually ended up just not sending paper invites to most of DH's friends (computer guys who are gonna RSVP via e-mail for sure anyway and even REQUESTED an e-vite instead of a paper one that they're gonna lose or throw away), so that worked out well for us...And peachmango--I'm sooo jealous! I LOVE Michael Jordan too and would've LOVED a congrats & autographed photo from him...I never heard about inviting celebs until today!

M&M's_Maui

I second your complaint!  We sent out a crapload of invites to the parents' friends whom we knew weren't going but had to stamp all the rsvp cards anyway... total waste of money...