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Invitation Question

FutureMrsG2013FutureMrsG2013 member
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Hey ladies, it's still super early for me to worry about invites but I just figured I'd ask while it was on my mind. My parents are paying for half of the wedding, so I'm definitely putting their names on the invites. I'm also putting FI parent's info under his name as well, so they're included, regardless of if they help financially or not. Anyway, I'm trying to determine if we should have the return address from my parent's residence, since they're sort of "hosting" by paying for half of it? And the 2nd thing is if we should have the RSVP's sent to them, or if we should have the RSVP's sent to FI and I at our house to keep track of the guest list, since I'm planning the whole thing? Any advice would be much appreciated. =)
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  • Carly245Carly245
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    I thought about this too, since my mom is paying. But, for organization purposes I am just going to have them sent to us because I will be keeping track of everything!
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  • peachykeen26peachykeen26 member
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    Technically I believe they are to be returned to the bride. I the olden days the bride lived at home until she was married off. So, just have them sent to you. Otherwise you will just have to go collect them for your parents. Makes sense to "skip the middle man," if you know what I mean.

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  • BCsGalBCsGal member
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    I had them sent to my mom and she just kept track of it for me. She is good with spreadsheets, etc. so she was able to organize it better than I anyway. I also lived in an apartment and would rather have all the rsvps go to a house instead. I would do whatever easiest for you.
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  • peachykeen26peachykeen26 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_ohio-columbus_invitation-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:112Discussion:bbdec79c-8b10-4aa7-8822-f56e4637d995Post:f91b2105-52c2-4b85-8395-60ae1eeff6f9">Re: Invitation Question</a>:
    [QUOTE]I had them sent to my mom and she just kept track of it for me. She is good with spreadsheets, etc. so she was able to organize it better than I anyway. I also lived in an apartment and would rather have all the rsvps go to a house instead. I would do whatever easiest for you.
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    </div><div>This is also a good point.

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  • FutureMrsG2013FutureMrsG2013 member
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    Well, FI and I live in a house we rent so that wouldn't be a problem. I was thinking of just having them come to us because it'd be easier to keep track, but they'll be sent out from my parents, so the actual invites will have my parents info on the back flap, but we'll put our info on the reply envelope. Thanks for the input! =)
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  • csh96csh96 member
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    We didn't live together before we got married but we knew were living in H's house after so I had all the responses sent there.

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  • green795green795
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    At the time our invites went out, we were house hunting. I had the RSVPs sent to my grandparents' house because I wasn't sure where we would be living at the time the RSVPs came back, and because my grandmother is more responsible at checking her mail and keeping things than my mom.
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  • sandymbmesandymbme member
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    We already have a house, and we are paying for the wedding, so everything will come here. I am going to STRONGLY suggest people RSVP online, though, as the chances of me keeping this well organized are not super promising!
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  • jnkreagerjnkreager member
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    I would have them sent to you, unless your mom is super organized and you would like to hand this duty off to her.  Another option, mentioned above was to have people RSVP online, which is the route we took.  I thought it would be waaaay easier, but we still had about 100 people who hadn't RSVP'ed (out of the 240 invited) the day they were due. *sigh
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  • FutureMrsG2013FutureMrsG2013 member
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    Honestly, I think I'm more organized than my mom, haha. But I've heard not so good things about online RSVP's just because some people don't use the internet or won't do it, so I'm still doing the traditional RSVP cards.
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