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Jesi
Super June 2012

"I'll be there with bells on" on rsvp card...nobody gets it :(

Jesi, on April 10, 2012 at 11:35 PM Posted in Planning 0 43

My rsvp card has three options for the guests:

__Will be there with bells on

__Will be there, no bells

__Will not attend, has bell phobia, sends regrets.

I'm finding that my friends and our siblings don't get the idiom of "I'll be there with bells on". Do I just have weird friends/family or is it just not used as much as I thought nowadays? I'm kinda bummed because I was excited about it being silly and now nobody's getting the joke... *sigh*

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Latest activity by Steve, on July 22, 2019 at 3:45 PM
  • Shellie
    VIP July 2012
    Shellie ·
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    Well, i think it's cute!

    I've also seen

    "Gladly Accepts

    Regretfully declines

    Regretfully Accepts

    Gladly Declines"

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  • Jesi
    Super June 2012
    Jesi ·
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    Haha that's cute too!!! Love it!

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  • krisalicious
    Master April 2012
    krisalicious ·
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    Aw! Everybody in my family uses that phrase. If you invite me I'll totally get it and I'll draw little bells on it too. Smiley smile

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  • Kimberly
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    I like it jesi.. i think its cute and creative.

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  • Jesi
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    Jesi ·
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    Hooray!!! See you there, Kris! haha

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  • T
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    Tammy ·
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    Lol! This is actually the first time I heard this phrase....but I love it! And I get it!! I love the idea, don't know if ppl lack sense of humor but I thought it was hilarious!

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  • T
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    Tabatha ·
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    I get it and I'd laugh! I'm just that kind of chick though. Sweetie, your wedding is about YOU and YOUR personality. If you're worried people wont get it put next to it.. (No not real bells) Or but "with bells on" in quotations.

    Don't worry what others think. This is a GREAT opportunity to show your style and who you are. Just do what YOU want!

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  • Jesi
    Super June 2012
    Jesi ·
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    I'm a silly person and I still love it. Our invites are out already that's how I know people aren't getting the joke. My fsil just texted me tonight and was like "What's up with your response card? I don't get it..." I mean, the phrase itself is from like the late 1800's/early 1900's but still...I didn't realize it wasn't used much. I use it all the time!

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  • T
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    I don't know how people haven't heard of it. I love it!

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  • Mrs. M fka Sami B
    Master June 2012
    Mrs. M fka Sami B ·
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    I loved that option for rsvps, it makes me giggle every time I read it. Sorry its going over the heads of your nearest and dearest

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  • Kimberly
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    Yay for silly pple..

    I agree with DBB.. I cannot wait to show pple off my personlity through my wedding. They know me and my FH and how personality but to be creative and things that we did and let it show will be one of the best days in mine and my fh lives..

    So who cares if pple dont get it. ITS you and you get it..Heck invite all of us and tell them since they dont get the joke then they are uninvited lol

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  • Leslie
    Devoted October 2012
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    I think it is adorable and I get it

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  • Mrs V (Roe)
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    Oh so many memories. I can remember hearing this saying all through my child hood but a lot of these old colorful and whitty ways of commuicating have fallen by the way side and I think it is such a shame. Had I received an invitation like that I would have felt like the event I'm being invited to would be a fun time to be had by all and would have replied "I'll be there with bells on my fingers and rings on my toes"!

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  • Dana
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    Jesi I LOVE IT!!!!!! OMG I just shared with FH & we both think that is too cute!!! Girl do not worry, just shake your head at those who dont get it!

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  • Jesi
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    Jesi ·
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    Thank you guys! You make me feel so much better <3

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  • Kimberly
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    Thats what we are here for Smiley laugh helping each other out

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  • Abby
    Super April 2012
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    No one seemed to understand our madlib RSVP cards either.

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  • Andrea
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    Aww Smiley sad My guests are 50/50 on our mad lib response cards. Half get it, love it & are trying hard to make them awesome & funny. The other half don't get it and/or don't care. I like the unusual response cards! Don't worry, some people will enjoy it Smiley smile

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  • Allison
    Expert August 2012
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    I get it, but then I use idioms all the time (English teacher). I think it's totally cute! :-)

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  • Cynthia B
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    Cynthia B ·
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    I get it. My mom uses that saying ALL the time. I hadn't thought of how to do the response cards, but I love all these ideas. Do you guess have example of the mad lib response card? I loved mad libs in school.

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