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my family drives me *~*CRAZY*~* sometimes!!!
So three weeks ago invitations for Alyssa's baptism were sent out w/ an RSVP date of 9/26. Not one single person RSVP'd (no, scrap that, a friend of mine did). So we called. Every person we've invited is, in fact, coming. WTH. Do they not read? What makes me the most crazy is that when Eugene called, his family members let us know they'd also be bringing all their kids - fine, no problem, great actually - but they all have a lot of kids and we need to order food - so did ya think a call would maybe be in order?!?! I'm just aggravated at the scenario and Eugene, of course, is just laughing and thinks nothing of it. Grr.
Re: my family drives me *~*CRAZY*~* sometimes!!!
That is really annoying! I don't understand why people are just so careless and basically rude. How hard is it to pick up the phone and say you're coming.. really?!?! I found it annoying when we were dealing with RSVPs for our wedding!
I have noticed in the past several years people are becoming increasingly worse about getting back to whether or not they can attend an event.
Amye - that would drive me nuts too. I am bad about RSVPing to DH's family's events b/c every time I do, he changes his mind and I end up looking like we don't talk to each other. But I am in charge of the friends/my family RSVPs and maybe it's because it's such a pet peeve of mine, but I always RSVP and offer assistance (picking up anything last minute, bringing an item. etc). Someone is opening a special moment to you - people should acknowledge it!
And you are totally right about the food thing. I felt so bad last night - we went to some friends' and they had a WONDERFUL evening of appetizers and a beautiful meal and then we played games. But two couples never showed. One of those two called, but the other one - nothing. And the one couple that called, called 20 minutes after the invitation time. So, the wife of the couple that had spent all day cooking had so much food and I just felt bad that 4 people didn't show.
Oh, and Alyssa looks adorable in that pink boppy!
The same thing happened with Briannas baptism. I think "family" thinks they don't have to RSVP... thinking that is for friends or "non family". It is frustrating though. We just bought food according to the number of people we invited and everything worked out! = )
Good luck!!!
I'm experiencing this same exact thing right now. I didn't even put a RSVP date on my invites though because I knew it wouldn't even make a difference. I've heard from about five people (or couples) and its two weeks away. Lame - yes. Am I going to stress over it - no.
If there isn't enough food its their own damn fault for not replying. (j/k - kind of.)
Ugh - I hate when people don't RSVP!!!
This is something that seems to come up for everybody whenever you plan ANYTHING, though,so it's crazy how many people are so inconsiderate when it comes to RSVPing!
I hate that too - I have had parties and gatherings where several people did not bother to RSVP at all (they usually didn't show up) so I would wonder if they even got the invite. I had 2 or 3 lost invitations for my wedding which I found out when I called them the week after my RSVP date. Luckily I only had one person not reply that we confirmed got the invite. But for events at my house, I've dealt with those that don't reply at all and it's frustrating when you're trying to plan how much food to buy and make, how much rearranging of the furniture you have to do, etc.
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I don't know what it is with people and RSVPing these days. I'm dealing with the same thing for DD's 1st birthday party this weekend. I'm expecting between 20 - 50 people (kind of a big swing!).
I've gotten spoiled by evite and people do RSVP on that usually right away (and you can see that they opened the evite). I think email makes it 100% easier to RSVP and I put my email on the invites. Sometimes it IS a pain to call someone because then you feel you need to talk for awhile but how hard is it to email me? I guess I should have done an evite and the paper invites. I'll be sending a follow-up email on Thurs. for a basic head count.
Well, it so happens that my family isn't very good about email either. My MIL doesn't have it, two of my BILs don't have it, my SIL never checks it, etc. My inlaws are so super sweet and I love them to pieces, but they're a mess when it comes to planning and organization. My niece called back from us calling her to confirm whether or not she was coming, and she was like, "Oh, I barely read the invitation ... I just figured I was coming ... and anyway, when was the last time anyone in this family actually PLANNED a party more than 2 days in advance?" Which is true, but she IS literate. So I fail to see the excuse ... ? Her response was pretty funny though.
And as much as I love my in-laws, as I said, I'm just different ... I plan and I like things neat and organized, not all over the place ... so whereas my in-laws would just make all the food and have plenty to spare (they never turn anyone away, they're so wonderful like that), I'm just not like that ... I wont' turn people away, of course, but I still want to know who the hell is coming to my house!
Well, all's well that ends well, at least ... everyone is coming and I get to see my favorite nephew from NY.