Holy Crap - This is a First!

PhoneCardLady

Cousin's daughter is getting married in September.  Apparently she wants it clear on the invites who is invited, so this is how she plans on listing it on the inner envelope:

Mr and Mrs. John Smith (only)

or

Ms. Anne Jones (only)

She claims "this is the only way people will get it thru their thick heads" (her words) that the invitation is only for them.

adamar15

Klassy.

RebeccaB88

That is...I have no words. 

kd.joseph

She sounds like a peach!

pokepoke27

You're declining, right? I can assure you that if she's going to be that rude on her invitations are loads of "joys" awaiting at the actual wedding. 

aragx6

Oh. Wow. Bad.

I can't even describe how offended I would be by that.

[Deleted User]

wow, now if she used (exclusive), that might have made it more special....

soup nazi from Seinfeld comes to mind also

AbbeyS2011

Beyond rude. 

Of course, I always drag my next-door neighbors with me to weddings of relatives, so I guess this type of invite had to appear eventually.  (Sarcasm)

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE]Cousin's daughter is getting married in September.  Apparently she wants it clear on the invites who is invited, so this is how she plans on listing it on the inner envelope: Mr and Mrs. John Smith (only) or Ms. Anne Jones (only) She claims "this is the only way people will get it thru their thick heads" (her words) that the invitation is only for them.
Posted by PhoneCardLady[/QUOTE]

<div>I totally did that! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></div><div>
</div><div>Not really. That girl is crazy. Maybe you should tell cousin to tell her daughter that when people add one more guests than invited, you just have to politely call them and explain to them that the invite was only for those listed on the inner envelope.</div>

willywally5

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_holy-crap-this-is-a-first?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:72a3ba2c-caf7-420b-a207-b4aef53aefafPost:57f6123e-7d3e-441f-a0bd-29a26a141114">Re: Holy Crap - This is a First!</a>:
[QUOTE]Ugh. When people make the arguement that their friends are too dumb/rude to understand who is invited or what to wear it makes me think they need new friends. If you think your friends are idiots, it is time for new friends.
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

<div>Exactly. </div><div>
</div><div>It really does take all kinds, doesn't it? Yikes. </div>

HandBanana

Is it "adult only" too?

laurenclaire1386

I don't remember specifically what horrible advice I've seen you throw around, but it's been a lot so this is really ironic coming from you. 

AllAboutTheBenjamin

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_holy-crap-this-is-a-first?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:72a3ba2c-caf7-420b-a207-b4aef53aefafPost:499fa44a-6c4e-4ee5-9f79-08c7f02eb899">Re: Holy Crap - This is a First!</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't remember specifically what horrible advice I've seen you throw around, but it's been a lot so this is really ironic coming from you. 
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

Boom, roasted.

With that said, I'd have a hella fun time with that RSVP.

lauraanne9

While I understand space issues and needing to limit the guest list, I think this is taking it more than one step too far.

Simply Fated

It's pointless. You KNOW someone is going to either not notice that or assume they're the exception and ignore it.

lauraanne9

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_holy-crap-this-is-a-first?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:72a3ba2c-caf7-420b-a207-b4aef53aefafPost:13fe8845-bd9e-4bc2-aa29-d08a21576793">Re:Holy Crap This is a First!</a>:
[QUOTE]It's pointless. You KNOW someone is going to either not notice that or assume they're the exception and ignore it.
Posted by Simply Fated[/QUOTE]

<div>I would probably ignore it on general principle.  </div>

amorg334

Wow that is really rude.  Also if her friends are that dumb why is she inviting them or friends with them at all 

TheBaney

I think it's really rude to do that as well. I would like to point out, though, that this is a really big issue, as we can see from the Etiquette board, so I think it's interesting that people are saying things like "If you think your friends are idiots, it's time for new friends."

Maybe this cousin just spends a lot of time here and sees how often it occurs.