We got our first....

MISSCOURTNEY20 · September 2010

RSVP with no name on it!!! And I didn't know to put numbers on the back just incase this happened. Now, hopefully, when it is time to call the no responses, they tell us that they are the ones that sent in their card but forgot to write their names next to the big fat M_____________________!!!!!!!

What did you guys do when/if this happened??

FutureMrsTR · September 2010

I told my mom to number them (read about it here, didn't think of it myself) so I'm no help. I guess you'll just have to wait and call.

ohwhynot · September 2010

It's too late now, but we numbered all of them. As it turned out, no one forgot to write their names in, so it wasn't necessary. Does the cancellation stamp on the envelope provide any clue?

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · September 2010

I did number mine, but I didn't get any with no names.

I did get several "Jane Jones and guest" (seriously written like that) with only one meal selection. So your date doesn't have a name and doesn't want to eat? Okay.

Also, our deadline was friday. We finally got back the RSVP for FI's immediate family yesterday, after he called them for their meal choices. We sent them 3 separate invites and got back 1 card for all 5 of them. They didn't check accepts or declines, just wrote meal choices and that FSIL's non-boyfriend needs something dairy free. Oh, and they were nice enough to include FI's grandma's funeral program in the envelope, WTF.

mandysmear · September 2010

We throw huge christmas parties at my company and we started filling in those lines for the people we send invites to. When you have 200 people attending and like 400 invites going out, it got really dicey.

pirategal03 · September 2010

Can you narrow it down by where the postage was canceled?

marissa_claire · September 2010

I've had a few so far.... I never read anything about the numbers until after the fact, too, and believe me I read a lot of wedding stuff.

What I am doing is basically narrowing it down. Wait until all RSVPs are in, and at that point you'll have a better idea of who it might be. I got an RSVP for one from my hometown, and looking through my list I already know it's one of three people. I'll wait and see who of those three send it in and then I'll know!

Some I've been lucky to know just by the postmark that it's from an area that only one person is from, but like I also got one for a party of three the other day - well there's only two parties of three in our list so the postmark kinda did that one for me.

[Deleted User] · September 2010

and this is why I am going with personalized response cards.

OP- totally not your fault. People are stupid sometimes, but after reading all the info and horror stories on here, I decided it was a splurge well worth the money to spare all the frustration.

pumpkinpumpkin · September 2010

so.much.punctuation.

tpender13 · September 2010

I went w/personalized RSVPs. Chances are, you'll have to call people you didn't hear back from anyway, so I would just set it aside and wait until your RSVP deadline. Then start making calls.

[Deleted User] · September 2010

after everything I have heard here (it was something I never heard of before) there were too many horror stories. Defiantly money well spent in my book! I would recommend it to anyone.

apple_green · September 2010

We numbered ours and ended up having no one forget to fill in the space (although I completely expected it). People not returning them at all... that's a different story. Anywho, I'd try to narrow it down once all of them have come back.

quotequeen · September 2010

I filled in the names, so I didn't have that issue, but I got one back where the person didn't check any of the boxes.... um, yeah.

mica178 · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_got-first?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:ea85397e-6613-47b2-8c01-6db293e9b8e5Post:311208d1-4e69-4272-af87-576160006db7">Re: We got our first....</a>:
[QUOTE]We numbered ours and ended up having no one forget to fill in the space (although I completely expected it). People not returning them at all... that's a different story. Anywho, I'd try to narrow it down once all of them have come back.
Posted by apple_green[/QUOTE]

yup, me too

PharmacyBride · September 2010

If you guess.. I would still call and verify.

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