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Brigitte
Dedicated May 2021

Invitation Mishap Reassurance

Brigitte, on March 23, 2021 at 2:04 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 3

So I had my mom and sister help me write out and stuff our wedding invitations last week. My sister and I wrote the addresses and my mom stuffed the envelopes with the invitation and detail card. Well yesterday my other sister received her invitation but there was only the invitation with no detail card. Without it, the guest would just be invited to a ceremony with no instructions to RSVP and no mention of a reception. I counted the remaining invites and cards and we have 13 extra detail cards. Obviously, my mom feels terrible. And I feel terrible that she feels terrible. But I can't help that at the same time, I'm mad and blame myself for not double checking or noticing the difference in the height of each stack, or just doing all of it on my own. My mom already reached out to everyone on our side, and we found 4 invitations without the card. But that means 9 are still out there somewhere. I reeeeally don't want to reach out to everyone by email or something. If I do that, I feel like I should have just done e-vites and my beautiful invitations were for nothing. I know I'm probably being super dramatic, and I know that if this is the biggest problem in the whole wedding process, I'll take it. But does anyone have any advice or reassurance that it will be ok or been in a similar situation? I just feel like reaching out to everyone makes the event and invitations much less classy Smiley sad

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Latest activity by Lynnie, on March 24, 2021 at 4:14 PM
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    Master July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    It will definitely be OK, but maybe reaching out to the rest of your guests may be a good idea. Another option is to wait until your RSVP deadline and then reach out to everyone who has not RSVPed (which is typically recommended anyway), as the other 9 will probably be in that group.
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  • Givemeallthepups
    Expert February 2020
    Givemeallthepups ·
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    I agree with Hannah. I wouldn't worry about it until either right before or after your RSVP date. That will help weed out the people that did receive the details card. You'll also likely have a few that reach out asking how to RSVP.

    Once your date comes, I would just send a quick text that says "Hey, we realized that a couple of our invitations didn't have a details card included with RSVP instructions. I noticed you haven't RSVPed yet, can you let me know if you plan to attend?"

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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    I totally understand your frustration, but it will be ok!!

    You can wait until RSVP time and follow-up with people, and I'm sure a few people will proactively reach out about how to RSVP. 💌

    Could you also have your future in-laws do a quick check in on those family invites?

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