for our sons first birthday this Saturday. I listed our phoen number with an RSVP. There were about 50 people invited total with abotu 16 invitations. THe RSVP date was yesterday and we've only received ONE call!! Do we assume they aren;t coming or does nobody bother with the courtesy of a requested RSVP anymore? I'm just really, REALLY suprised as most of these people are usually very courteous!
2007-04-26 00:04:47 · 7 answers · asked by Betsy 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
We recently had a baby shower for my niece and sent out about the same number of invitations w/RSVP in bold letters and (3) phone #'s, 2 e-mail addresses and a fax # for responses. We received exactly 2 confirmations! The day of the shower 41 people showed up...I find it rude that people will not take 30 seconds to let you know what their plans are.
2007-04-26 00:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by Pam C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do it now. People make plans in advance in the summer. My daughter is having a party on July 15th too and I already sent out invitations. If you send them out the 1st, remember there is a holiday a few days later so no mail. People may not get the invites until July 5th which only then gives 10 days notice.
2016-05-19 02:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by tennille 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People almost never RSVP anymore. It drives me crazy too. I have gotten in the habit of keeping a list of everyone I invited and then calling them the day after the RSVP date to ask them if they are coming. Just tell them that you need to know how much food to get.
2007-04-26 01:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by eeyore9939 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people today are not as thoughtful as they should be. I would recommend that you start making telephone calls right now. That is the only way to ensure that invitations did not get lost in the mail, your invitees actually opened their invitations and that you get an accurate count of who's attending. I am an etiquette instructor and have a passion for teaching others proper manners. As I said earlier, you would be shocked to find the number of people who do not respond to invitations and do not mark events on their calendar. I would also recommend to you to also call each person the day before the event to remind them again. You would be surprised how many people still forget to attend an event at the last second.
2007-04-26 01:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by millineumlaura 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People don't seem to remember what the abbreviation RSVP means. I recently went through the same thing and eventually had to start calling all of my invites to see if they would be attending.
2007-04-26 03:27:38 · answer #5 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same thing happened to me last year. Then almost everyone showed up! People are just rude. You need to individually call each one and let them know that if you don't hear from them by a certain time, they cannot come...or else they will just show. Nice, huh?
2007-04-26 00:35:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
call them up and ask why they didn't have brains enough to let you know they're comming. mannerless people abound these days..pity isn't it ?
2007-04-26 00:50:20 · answer #7 · answered by Chrys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋