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I am stumped as to how we should word our invites. Here is the situation: my mom and step-dad, his parents and the tow of us are splitting the cost of the wedding. i feel bad not including my dads name on the invite even though he hasn’t shown an interest in pitching in. Also, my mom and ‘stepdad’ aren’t technically married so they have different last names. He has been around my entire life so I consider him my dad. i don’t know how we should do this??? any ideas??
not including my bio father is not an option, it is all or nothing as far as names go. I am not looking to offend anyone
so this may sound very tacky but here it goes:
i am in the very early stages of planning my wedding and i am planning my invitation guest list.
in high school i dated the same guy (not my fiance) for two years we have been apart for a while and while he still has feelings for me i do not have them for him.
i love his mother very much though and have always told her that she would be invited to my wedding someday.
his father hates me however, and i do not like him much either.
so my questions are
a) is inviting her too tacky? she isn’t the type to make a scene and im fairly certain she would want to be there.
b) how do i word the invitation? my ex is not invited and i would like to not invite the father, but addressing it to only her is too politically incorrect isn’t it ?
HELP
The two places I registered with gave me packages that included little cards, “the couple is registered at…”. I’m not sure whether or not to include them with the invites. I don’t want to “ask” for gifts but I also don’t want to end up with loads of gifts that we don’t need (300 guest wedding). If I decide not to put them in the invites what could I use them for (trash them)?
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A question for recent brides and their mothers:
I own a wedding venue, and my brides always have major problems knowing how many guests will attend. The last bride sent 100 invitations, had 35 RSVPs, and 200 attended. They can’t plan for food, beverages, or table arrangements because they don’t know how many will show up. Short of calling all the invited guests and saying “Are you coming or not?”, how did you handle this situation at your wedding.
I can understand a few people forgetting or their reply being lost in the mail, but this is a huge problem. (I’ve have suggested they say “reception location provided with RSVP”, but no one has taken me up on that idea.)
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Great responses. Thanks so much, and keep them coming. The brides are not lazy, just frustrated that they have to make calls while working or going to school and getting ready for the wedding.
Regarding leftover food, my venue does not do the catering itself. Each renter can contract with its own caterer or do the food themselves. We have made arrangements with a local charity to accept safe unserved food. They serve a hot meal once a week to those less-fortunate citizens of our town. Today, in fact, they will be serving leftovers from our last event — 15 pounds of barbeque beef, shrimp and broccoli pasta, potato salad, and other good food. We also donated from a catered breakfast — 90 scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and pastries.