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Big DUH to me

jennifer21011jennifer21011
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I was so excited that our invitations went out Friday after an eternity of working on them (we did them ourselves) and today I woke up to a voice mail from my dad saying he received a call from his cousin asking what the ceremony time was because like dofuses we left it off the invitation! I am calm now, after I cried for about 15 minutes.  Has anyone felse done this?  Please tell me I am not the only one who left a vital part off of their invitations!

We do have a plan of attack.  We are going to send out postcards that say something like this....

Oops! We meant to do that.

Just a reminder that the lovely couple

(our names)

will stroll down the aisle

September 22nd 2012 at 2:00pm

(our names)

(our wedding website)

 

How does that look?

For our vow renewal, when we have a little more money, I will definitely hire someone to do the invitations and have them deal with it because it is so stressful with all the other things you have going on!

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  • willywally5willywally5 member
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    Oh my gosh. I'm sure that was a shock. 

    I think your plan of attack is fine. And you will have a good story for the ages. 
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  • wrigleyvillewrigleyville member
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    You are not the only one who has done this. I've seen it on here a few times. I think the postcard idea is cute.
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  • Avion22Avion22 member
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    I think it's fine to send a postcard, but I wouldn't play it off like you meant to leave off the information.  
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  • Summer2011BrideSummer2011Bride member
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    I think sending out a postcard to correct the mistake sounds like a good plan.


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  • brilibby4brilibby4 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_big-duh-to-me?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:963f3b65-9324-452c-9b54-28e05d52613cPost:07d5b53b-1e94-4c07-b2aa-70f79cccdef2">Re: Big DUH to me</a>:
    [QUOTE]I think it's fine to send a postcard, but I wouldn't play it off like you meant to leave off the information.  
    Posted by Avion22[/QUOTE]


    This.  I would leave off the "We meant to do that" line. 
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  • stantokmstantokm member
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    I think that the postcard with the cute wording is a great idea.
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  • zitiqueenzitiqueen member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_big-duh-to-me?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:963f3b65-9324-452c-9b54-28e05d52613cPost:07d5b53b-1e94-4c07-b2aa-70f79cccdef2">Re: Big DUH to me</a>:
    [QUOTE]I think it's fine to send a postcard, but I wouldn't play it off like you meant to leave off the information.  
    Posted by Avion22[/QUOTE]

    I think (hope) her guests are smart enough to know she didn't do it on purpose and her "we meant to do that!" is a joke. Kind of like when you trip or slip and say "Ta-da! I meant to do that!" Nobody really thinks you meant to do that.
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  • Ali092011Ali092011 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_big-duh-to-me?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:963f3b65-9324-452c-9b54-28e05d52613cPost:95698292-aa15-43a3-a561-f3d1e076276c">Re: Big DUH to me</a>:
    [QUOTE]I read it as "we meant to include the time in the original invite" not "we did not put the time on the invite on purpose".
    Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

    Ditto.

    I think the wording sounds cute and it covers all the bases. I've definitely heard of more than one bride leaving off essential information, so you're not alone. Sounds like you're handling the stress well though! :)
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  • LoopysevenLoopyseven member
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    PP's have already answered your first question.  I'm curious though why you are already planning a vow renewal when you're not even married yet?
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  • loca4pookloca4pook member
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    I think the wording is cute. I know people will "get it". Don't worry...Again, it will be a fun story for later in life
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