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Master August 2019

Invitation Worries

CourtneyBrittain, on June 25, 2019 at 5:27 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 10

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So I sent my invitations out over a week ago; I got mine (yes, I sent one to my fiancé at our new apartment) within two days, as did several friends/family from OOT (think TX-NJ) anyway! One of my bridesmaids, who lives in TX as well but about 7 hours south of me, hasn’t gotten hers yet. I triple checked that I had everyone from my guest list named, addressed properly, and stamped! The RSVP deadline isn’t until July 15 for our August 8 wedding. My main concern is if a batch got lost or something and then people only have 2-3 weeks to figure out if they are going. Should I be worried that not all of my invitations are sent? I sent all 150+ at the same time from the post office.

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Latest activity by Sara , on June 27, 2019 at 1:20 PM

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Melle · on June 25, 2019 at 5:28 PM
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You could always just follow up with people after a week or two to see if the received theirs
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CourtneyBrittain · on June 25, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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I wondered that, but would that seem like I was pestering them for an RSVP? I definitely don’t want anyone to feel pressure to come to the wedding!
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Lady · on June 25, 2019 at 5:39 PM
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I would probably just wait until the RSVP date and then follow up if you haven't heard. I just assume you sent STD's since most ppl do, so it's likely people already know your date
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Lauren · on June 25, 2019 at 5:42 PM
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The post office could've rerouted your bridesmaids'! When I sent out my bridal party proposals, my Matron of Honor got her card a week after everyone else did. We live in Tennessee, and she only lives 2 hours from me (so she should've gotten it 2 days after I sent it). For whatever reason, her card got rerouted to Miami, FL so my bridesmaid that lives in Phoenix, AZ got her card a few days before my Matron of Honor did. I wouldn't be completely stressing out about it yet! Hopefully, she'll get it this week.
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CourtneyBrittain · on June 25, 2019 at 5:56 PM
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I actually didn’t send STDs as our engagement in total will only be 4 months and 1 week long. We didn’t even have a date until we were 92 days out!
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CourtneyBrittain · on June 25, 2019 at 5:57 PM
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So weird! Okay, good to know I’m not the only one haha. I’ll give it a while longer.
If all else fails, we do have 50 extra invitations.
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Kelly · on June 25, 2019 at 6:53 PM
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I mail my friends things all the time. We noticed there can be a week difference between mailings. Because you did so many at once the post office might have had a hard time sliding them all through the machine and are doing them in batches?
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Michelle · on June 26, 2019 at 11:58 AM
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You could wait a few days and see if your BM gets hers and if not, you could try sending a second one. As far as other people, you could always reach out and just ask if they have received their invitation as you had a couple of people not get them. If they didn't get theirs you can send another and if they did, I don't think they would feel like you were pestering them for their RSVP as you were simply making sure they received it.
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Jennifer · on June 26, 2019 at 3:29 PM
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I would wait a few more days then reach out to the BM to see if she got hers. I would also pick a few randoms guests to see if they got theirs, that way you may be pleasantly surprised if it seems most got theirs already!
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Sara · on June 27, 2019 at 1:20 PM
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It all has to do with the receiving post office/hub and some are efficient and amazing and some are... shall we say, dumpster fires?
Our invites got to Philly before they got two hours away downstate. It's a mystery!
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