I'm starting to relate to third grade teachers. You know when you're little and there are clear directions at the top of the page, and then your grade is based on how well you follow them? My RSVPs are getting a nice fat F. (Or, in the case of third grade, U for Unsatisfactory.) I asked everyone to initial next to the item they wanted to eat - and I'm getting 1, 2s, and 3s next to the food items. Of course I have no idea if Mr. or Mrs. wants the chicken or if they really meant the beef, because they wrote 1 chicken and 1 beef, instead of Mr. J wants chicken and Mrs. J wants beef. There is going to be a lot of chaos at this wedding, and $10 that these people blame
me for getting their food wrong!
The other thing that mystifies me is the people (mostly under 30) who decide to call me or hand my FI (who lives in Iowa) their RSVP instead of returning it in the pre-stamped and addressed envelope. Our generation is hopeless when it comes to anything that doesn't involve a computer.