Battle of the Lamest RSVP Excuses

A coworker of FH (who we've both become friends with) declined because her boyfriend has to work that evening and she doesn't want to come without him. She will know a couple other people there though, and her two young sons were also invited, so she wouldn't have been alone.

Not for my wedding, but I had an aunt rsvp no to a party 3 weeks beforehand. Her excuse? She was sick. 3 weeks before the party. And not deathly ill either. She had a cold. Poor thing. *eyeroll*

You don't want them there if they don't really want to be there.

The party must go on with or without them, who cares!!!!!!!

One of my best friends just said her Dr. Told her she needs to get her tonsils removed and can't fly for 14 days

Someone didn't show up, because her mom turned them away when the came over to drop heir kids off. However, she seems to do this quite often, so it wasn't unexpected.

The other one wasn't rude but it was funny. A guy RSVPd no because that same weekend was his annual canoe trip. Then he changed it to yes because his canoe buddy would have been observing Ramadan and wouldn't be able to go on a trip like that while fasting. Then he changed it back to no, because the fasting canoe buddy figured out he could paddle after all.

"Child care is hard when you don't have parents nearby". We sent out Save the Dates in November and are getting married on Saturday. lol. I personally don't care since it was a courtesy invite/ sorority sister from a million years ago. It is going to be a long few years for them if they can't find a babysitter for something 7 months away.

We have had a few vacation regrets. We got a hilarious email a few weeks back that basically read, "We're sorry that we won't be able to attend, as that is the week of our family vacation. We thought about coming back one day early but decided against it."

I had a friend pick her boyfriend's friends tubing trip over our wedding. Such is life, but at least you know where their priorities are.

I also had a friend ask for a +1 less than a week before the wedding, which I agreed to because I had a couple of people cancel last minute for very good reasons (death in the family out of town and unexpected very necessary surgery that week) and then she and her guest no showed. That I was even more pissed about. Haven't spoken to her since and won't until she tries to reach out.

People should have the courtesy to politely decline. I have send some wedding invitation emails to some friends, a little far off, my heart will be broken if they don't reply, whether yes or no. If they really care for us, they will respond.

I had a very close college friend return an RSVP with "politely declined." I know that technically you don't have to say anything else, but everyone else who declined wrote something like "wish we could make it" or sent and email. It sounds silly to say but it kind of stung that she just checked the box.

My brother will most likely decline (has already told our mother this) because I didn't attend his wedding. Sorry the only other Supervisor's mother was dying and did pass away the weekend of his wedding.

Wow, some of these stories you guys have! People are so crazy. I haven't sent out my invites yet, so I hope I don't get any of these type of responses back!

FH grandfather didn't rsvp and when FH called him to find out if he and his wife were coming and he said no. his reason was because his wifes (Adult) daughter goes to the hospital unexpectedly all the time and they may have to drive from Florida to NY if she happens to go in. This daughter is not scheduled to have any appointments around that time and there is no indication she will need to be in the hospital. Also we are in Ohio and if they came and needed go to the hospital then Ohio would be closer than Florida right?

The real reason is that his wife has made it very clear to many people that she doesn't like me because im not "christian" and she wont support our "satanist union" this woman has literally never been in the same room as me

@Future Mrs Smith send her this

Lol my bad, typo fixed

We had a dry wedding due to the fact that we have several alcoholics on each side that get totally abusive and loud and crazy when they've had even a little bit of alcohol, and we didn't want drama at our wedding, so one person declined because she didn't like the fact that there would be no alcohol allowed! For the most part, everyone was fine with it, and understood the reasoning behind it, but she had a giant tantrum and wouldn't even talk to us for months!

@FMS, that particular typo always makes me think of that meme lol

Weird aunt who lives in a multi-million dollar home..."I don't have any shoes."

Said aunt shows up at family Christmas gathering a couple weeks later....with shoes on.

Eta: she sent us an extremely generous gift though, lol. She could have used that for some new shoes though.

I got a good chuckle for sure. good catch though. as a supposed "satanist" you would think i would know how to spell it first try huh? hahaha