and yet another wedding question

DeskPotato
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:44:41 +0000

How many couples on the guest list does this apply to? Probably just a handful? And someone–the bride, the groom, one of the parents–knows them, or they wouldn’t be on the guest list.

So how about, before the invitation is mailed, calling them personally on the telephone? Say, “Listen, Sue, you know we love your kids but we’re not having any kids at the wedding reception. I’m getting ready to put the invitations in the mail and it’s going to come addressed to just you and Joe. I’m sorry if that’s a problem for you, but I wanted to let you know before the invitation arrived so there’s no misunderstanding.”

It seems like people are often looking for a way to word things in an invitation in order to send a specific message to a specific person, rather than calling that particular person and telling that person the message in a clear and unambiguous fashion.