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When starting a text thread with your bridal party...

... make sure you're texting your bridal party!  Early this morning (like, before it is acceptable to even text, early), I received a group text from a number in my college town.  It just read "OFFICIAL BRIDAL PARTY Txt Thread!"

So I'm sitting in bed freaking out, because:

A) Someone thinks they are a part of my bridal party and has started a thread with me and my actual bridesmaids
B) Someone has put me in their bridal party without telling me, and we're not even good enough friends that they're in my phone, and now I have to be someone's brideslave while also planning my wedding, because I was never even asked
C) Wrong number added to mass text from person's contact list

... and I'm not sure which of these it is!

I finally sent a message saying, "I'm sorry... I don't have this # in my phone... was it meant for someone else?"  And thank goodness it was choice C!  I STILL don't know who it is, so that's annoying. I mean, if I'm a contact in your phone and you accidentally clicked my name instead of some other girl's for your group text, you can at least tell me who you are so I'm not confused completely.  Anyway, I'm just glad it wasn't choices A & B, because I don't know how I'd handle all that awkwardness!
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Re: When starting a text thread with your bridal party...

  • Glad it was choice C.  Also, that is probably the reason I don't like mass texting...that and the fact that when people reply, they reply to all and then I see the texts from people I don't even.  It can get really confusing!
  • Mass texts are almost always a terrible idea. Either you're announcing something important that should be handled carefully (birth, death, etc) or it's completely pointless and now everyone is going to be flooded with 1000 texts that all say "Happy New Year."
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  • Glad it was choice C.  Also, that is probably the reason I don't like mass texting...that and the fact that when people reply, they reply to all and then I see the texts from people I don't even.  It can get really confusing!


    That's the biggest reason I hate mass texting right there. I don't want to know who else is or isn't coming or have a bizillion happy new years text mssgs from people i don't even know. noooo thank you.
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  • Group texts are the WORST!
  • Inkdancer said:

    Mass texts are almost always a terrible idea. Either you're announcing something important that should be handled carefully (birth, death, etc) or it's completely pointless and now everyone is going to be flooded with 1000 texts that all say "Happy New Year."

    I have a friend that sometimes does party invites or party reminders this way. So obnoxious. I always end up getting a ton of random texts from numbers I don't know.
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  • Yeah, mass texts are bad in general.  Especially for a bridal party. Email and Facebook messaging are soooo much more organized!  

    Fun story: this year, I got a ton of messages on my birthday, but later on got a message of just "Thanks!" from an unknown number.  I was confused, until I saw that my aunt, who signed as "Auntie D" had sent a mass text.  Meaning, this woman has another niece or nephew on the other side of the family with the same birthday, and neither of us was important enough to get our own message.
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  • Am I the only one who thinks you should contribute some constructive ideas? I mean how else are the others in the bridal party that you are now a part of going to know all your awesome ideas?
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