Wedding Invites
Less than a third of our invitees have responded. The wedding is less than six weeks away. How variable are their lives? Can they not plan that far in advance? Or did they forget about our wedding shortly after receiving the invitation? It's been a month or so since we sent them out.
On the invite, I asked them to "kindly please respond" by May 25, this Friday. Perhaps we'll get a slew of them this week. Who knows.
But if people don't reply back in a timely fashion, is it proper etiquette to call them up and tell them that they better not come to the wedding because there won't be a chair or food for them?
3 comments:
As one who forgets to return the RSVP cards, I plead for you to have mercy. I understand why you'd give a date, but I hope it doesn't cause your guests not to come if they have forgotten. And, I don't believe it would be proper to call your guests.
As the West Side Story song goes, 'Be cool man, be cool.
The problem is that we invited about 140 people, but only have tables, chairs, and food for 100. Our attendance estimate currently stands at 99, but that's just guessing. If everybody shows up, we'll have to play musical chairs and draw straws to see who gets to eat.
On the other hand, if only 60 people show up, I will have wasted $2,000 on food and rentals.
Neither situation is desireable.
Always count on half of your invited guests to show.
Forget the RSVP cards...
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