@thumper1 - I would go! My dear early childhood friend’s son is getting married in a nearby state the weekend before we host the wedding of our DD. We will be there! The best thing is that this friend now lives 2000 miles away and the 2 back to back events allow her to attend my DD’s big day, too.
After I committed to this, learned another close relative’s kid was getting married cross-country the same day as our friend’s son. We would go with our initial commitment anyways, but no, don’t think we would go that far a week out. Our wedding feels too complicated for that.
Oh I’m going…and I’m thrilled to be doing so.
Our wedding is May 27. This May 12 wedding…was just added to the mix…two weeks ago. Very very good reasons…but it was not anticipated!
I’m going to another wedding the week after my kid’s…and then another on September 15.
We are passing on the end of June one out of the country
RSVPs are trickling in only 20 more or so.
We got one NO today that actually sort of upset me. Niece and husband aren’t coming. They will be the only first cousins not attending. Oh well.
My seating chart is looking a little better! We decided to round our our table with two couples who are very good friends. We will cluster our family tables sort of together…for the aunts and uncles, and MIL. It will be fine.
DD just called to say that she thinks her BF will propose sometime in the next few weeks! We’ve been expecting it and are so excited for them. I doubt I will be doing much if any planning (she will probably want to do all of it) but I’m reading all the old posts anyways Thanks for all the info and resources, everyone! So much fun!
I think the Komarov dresses are one of those outfits that looks better on. When looking at them in Nordstrom on the hanger My first thought is they are expensive for something that doesn’t look expensive. I’ve changed my opinion as I’ve had 3 friends wear them as MOB. They look pretty on and are perfect for a daytime wedding.
I’m relieved to hear that my S has hired a wedding coordinator for partial coordination. I was getting nervous.
Difficulty in finding a mailbox? I am challenged by that. I sat on an invite for few weeks because of that.
This year I paid all of my taxes(to 5+ states) online because I was concerned with mailing my checks.
The last wedding we went to my family of 5 had a lot of different things going on (job search/interviews, etc…), and although I knew that I was going, I wasn’t sure how many of the others were going to be able to go (ended up 3 of the 5 went), so that is what delayed our response. My cousin (MOG) ended up calling me and I explained to her our situation and then officially RSVP’s as soon as I knew (which was still before the date on the invite).
So beyond frustrated. We worked so hard at finalizing our guest list asap and finishing the invite design as quickly as possible so the invitations would be delivered to us immediately. Yesterday FedEx came but I was at work, so they took it back to the warehouse, and apparently only FH can sign for it, so we won’t be able to get them until Monday when he’s free. I feel like we just lost five days for no reason at all! Based on all these stories, I’ve already been paranoid that we aren’t giving enough time for the rsvp cards, and now it’s going to be another week. So annoying! Why can’t anything be easy!!
I got an invite for a wedding in Alaska for this summer that I really wanted to attend. But I didn’t know my work schedule or schedule for D1’s own wedding events this summer (shower) or D2’s plans to come home. I kept it on the fridge and thought about it pretty much daily while I tried to work out those items until I decided a couple weeks before the RSVPs were due that I couldn’t take any more time off work for it or justify the cost of plane tix in my budget right now anyway. Just saying that people can have good reason for not immediately RSVPing. But they certainly should by the date asked for on the invite.
The new girl at work is getting married in June. It is just going to be a courthouse wedding with close family and friends, but they are sending announcements after the fact. The announcement says “Woah” in big letters and, “It just got real,” underneath with their names and the date. She has already ordered these online. Before knowing that (thinking she had created them herself), I pointed out that I thought the correct spelling is “whoa.” Is “woah” a different word that is accepted by the younger generation? Either I’m getting old or the world is getting dumb. Or both.
RSVPs for D’s wedding are due in 2 days, and there are still a few outstanding. Fortunately, they will be relatively easy for the person closest to the invitee to follow up with.
We thought we were going to have a lot more people than D originally wanted to have at the wedding, because the list of invitees got pretty long. As it turns out, we have a very high rate of no’s (way too many old people H & I had hoped would be able to come, I guess). It looks like it will end up around 125-130, which is the size D wanted to begin with. Almost all of D and FSIL’s friends will be there, which is important. H & I are just a bit bummed that family members we wanted to celebrate with will not be there (including my FIL).
Responses for brunch invitation are slow, but at least the hotel is flexible on numbers and doesn’t need them too early.
@oldfort maybe…but in an email to the out of town guests, I gave them all the option of just emailing me the response. I could write a funny book about some of the calls and emails I received. A bunch thought they had already responded…but oops…they hadn’t.
@kelsmom we have the opposite. We Have had 20 no responses…we invited 153. Most of those 20 no responses were sort of expected. People we hoped would come but can’t for one reason or another.
I am just surprised that there is a company out there selling announcements that are misspelled. This is not the exact card, but it says the same thing (except for “save the date”). https://www.postable.com/card/woah-save-the-date
My google search showed a lot of entries with it spelled “woah.” This really messes with my mind. LOL
@thumper1 I am so glad you posted about late replies! I have hosted two weddings in the last couple of years, so you would think I would understand. Well, I totally forgot to reply to my daughter’s close friend’s wedding in June; the reply is due May 1st I just pulled it out from under a stack on magazines on the coffee table. We did book our plane tickets 2 weeks ago; you would have thought that would have been a reminder to reply. I feel horrible, but I have had the hotel booked, and the bride assumes I am coming, but still.
Thanks for all the info and resources, everyone! So much fun!
I just pulled it out from under a stack on magazines on the coffee table. We did book our plane tickets 2 weeks ago; you would have thought that would have been a reminder to reply. I feel horrible, but I have had the hotel booked, and the bride assumes I am coming, but still.