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Well, to be honest, some people won't RSVP unless you call them and follow-up. Stinks, but it's the truth.
Ugh, it seems to be pretty typical. My BM complained to me about my guests not rsvping on time or at all. It sucks. Some of them will still show up, some of them aren't aware that they should rsvp no if they can't attend. What my BM's ended up doing was having my FI's mother call everyone and get the rsvp that way (it was mostly her family). Its a pain in the butt but at least you have a better idea of how many people are attending.
Why can't people RSVP?!! It drives me crazy!! And that really is a lot of people that didn't reply.
Unfortunately, most people don't RSVP and you have to be the one to track them down and pin them into answering. Urgh!! See if another bridesmaid can help you make some phone calls. Send emails to anyone you know. Sorry you have to go though this!
One of my BM sent out 12 invites for another friends bachelorette party. She had one person call her back. I don't understand why people are so bad at that. I think it's really rude to receive an invitation to anything in the mail and just not respond to it.
It seems fairly high to me (I think only 3 people didn't RSVP to mine on time), but a lot of people are lazy and forgetful and won't do it on time! I know it's too late now, but I find putting an e-mail address as an option helps. Some people just aren't phone people. Boo to calling them all! Good luck! Maybe split up the list with someone else?
This apparently happened to my hosts. Several people didn't rsvp and when my mom called they all said they were absolutely coming. Not sure why they can't rsvp!
@Brianalaura - Ahhhh! I wish I had thought of that before!! That's such a smart idea!! Oh well.
As for calling/contacting them - unfortunately for most of them, I only have their mailing addresses that the Bride and Groom gave me. I don't know many of them personally at all (only the friends and most of those HAVE RSVP'd). I was thinking I could get the other bridesmaid (Bride's sister) to contact people, but I think it's the Bride's family that HAVE RSVP'd already. None of the Groom's family has RSVP'd!! I heard through the grape-vine that the Groom's mother was coming, but she didn't RSVP herself, and I don't know about the rest of his family! Ugh!
@Miss Ribbons - I really wish that the Bride's mom had called me to RSVP so I'd have her number and I could just call her up and talk to her about it, but she didn't!! She sent me a hand-written note letting me know that she was coming. Which I think was sweet and probably correct, etiquette-wise, but now I have no way to contact her without going through Bride or just sending her snail-mail!
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Okay, so I've been planning the Bride's Bridal Shower. The shower is going to be on Saturday, May 1st, and I mailed out the invitations on March 29th. The invites had a "please RSVP by April 17th" line with my phone number. So the RSVP deadline is in two days, and people have had the RSVP for at least a week or two.
Here's my question. I sent out 26 invitations and have only heard back from 6 people so far. Is that normal???