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He was just being eco-friendly! Haha jk, guys are funny sometimes.
What a guy....
That definitely would be the icing on the cake but how great that one day you will so get a kick out of it... and tell the same story with a very different connotation ;)
Boy I hope so... cause I'm annoyed as hell with him right now!
He's just being silly. I'm pretty sure my husband would've texted his friends if i hadn't strong-armed the addresses out of him. He actually just invited a few friends over the phone. Guys are just WAY more laid back than girls. Deep breaths!
HAHA I bet FH wants to text his friends too! He hasnt even gotten my addresses yet and ive been asking since oct! Lucky for me 1 is on FB so I asked him myself and asked FMIL myself for the family's
Try not to scream at him. As frustrating as it is for you he probably just really didn't understand the whole reasons behind sending the invites out. My FH's family were surprised to get invites for the same reasons! One of them actually said to me "Oh, I lost it, but I knew all the details anyways so you didn't need to send me one". *headdesk*
I think it was the invitation stuff on top of all the other things that happened that day that just about sent me over the edge. Luckily I have an appointment with the wedding coordinator today and he always calms me down when I'm stressing!
My FI wants to hand deliver the invitations to his friends 6 month before the wedding, ummmm yeah I am pretty sure a 25 yr old guy would lose it within 10 minutes. Some things guys just do not get!!!!!!
Oh man, I feel your pain. I bothered my husband about getting addresses for THREE MONTHS. Finally I asked his sister, who had them to me in two days.
Seriously, I had a lot of fun planning our wedding, but my husband was probably one fo the biggest stressors at the time, and I can count the number of things I asked him to do on one hand (get addresses, hire a DJ, send off the hotel paperwork, pick up your tux, and show up). In the end, I did 2.5 of those things.
What I finally figured out was that he really really didn't care about the wedding. Not to say he didn't care about me, but I wanted the wedding, while he just wanted to commit ourselves to each other. Sweet, but holy hell I wanted to kill him sometimes. Good luck! :)
My FH suggested email... luckily he lives closer and I was able to SHOW him the invites we had received for this summer. Good luck getting everything done before your wedding.
haha, tell him to text his friends for their addresses! :)
Don't let this stuff get to you. Us girls are really into wedding planning, but I get the feeling that my FI is a little lost sometimes.
I bought FI this book: http://www.amazon.com/Engaged-Groom-Youre-Getting-Married/dp/0060855827
He thought it was funny and did lay out the general norms of wedding planning.
Wow! Sounds like a typical guy. My FI is pretty clueless as far as wedding planning goes, so he just stays out of it. My dad however, is a totally different story. He wants to know why we don't just go to the JP, why we're getting married at a conference center at the beach "because it's just frickin' weird", why is there going to be music because he doesn't want to dance, and why can't we just order a cake from the Kroger's bakery?
I feel your pain. Men+Wedding Planning= completely frustrating.
He's just being silly...like MANY guys do! Also, friends who haven't planned a wedding tend to act this way as well. People do not seem to realize all that goes into a wedding, I know I didn't until I planned mine :)
Oh man, that sucks. Thankfully, I have a wonderful FMIL who already sent me addresses from their side of the family!
My FI actually said to me a few weeks ago - "why don't we send out in invitations now?" WHAT? We are over a year out from our wedding date! We have locations for our ceremony and reception, but nothing else is finalized! No times or other details that we need to include on an invite. He thought that would give us a good idea about who can attend and who can't - well who knows what can happen in a year - we would STILL have to send out something closer to the date to remind everyone not to forget to come! Needless to say I shot down that idea quickly. Crazy boy hahaha....so he now understands the purpose of STDs and why those will be what everyone gets in the next little while here with the invitations sent much closer to the wedding!
Good luck with your FI :) I am sure it will all get done and be wonderful - regardless of how clueless he is right now!
Yes... boys are silly! I've been getting text messages of random addresses all day... Well I asked for them and I'm gettin them now. Even though I specifically asked for them in e-mail form!
Beggars can't be choosers I suppose! lol
Sometimes I don't get it...after we worked for weeks putting together our DIY invitations which included the "we have reserved ___ seats in your honor" line and had a meeting with our venue coordinator during which it was really clear we needed a specific headcount by a certain date. After deciding together that we would do name cards and assigned seating...my FI actually asked me today if we needed to give the venue a concrete number for a guest count...um, yeah, when in this whole process has that not been clear? 
@jaylii9: OMG! I am so getting this book for the FI.
I am just now designing the STDs and, after reading this thread, I am NOT looking forward to the address portion of it. Luckily the only ones who will be getting STDs are the ones traveling far. I happen to have the phone numbers and email addresses of almost everyone on that list so I can get the addresses myself. The invitations will be another story. I'm hoping I will have between now and March to see these people and get their contact information myself. 
@jamiemichelle: Glad to hear you are finally getting addresses...just took a little while ;)
i feel your pain! My FI didn't understand why we needed to send the invites out "so early" when by most wedding timelines we sent them out at least 3 weeks too late! He doesn't get the whole RSVP card concept either- his grandma called asking if she had to send hers back and he told her no! ugh! Also, after asking/begging/pleading for 6 months, I had to finally FORCE my FI to pick a suit for the wedding and buy it! Ugh! With about 55 days to the wedding, I was having a heart attack! He too thinks that a DJ is silly, dancing is crazy, and "why do we have to feed people?" OMG!
Friends and family members are just as bad. NO ONE outside weddingbee really gets how stressful planning a wedding is. Most of the time I feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown!
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So yeah, I'm in Texas right now planning our wedding and the one thing I have asked of my dear hubby is to get the addresses for his side of the guest list. He's been procrastinating and finally I told him I HAD to have them. I got the funniest and I'll admit very annoying answer of "Uhhh... I don't think we need that many invitations because I was just going to text my family. Possibly call or email... He trailed off while I screeched on about the fact that I needed an accurate yes and no list for food and alcohol and what the hell was he thinking...
Uuugh has he ever been to a wedding? Ever!? I'm starting to think not...
Oh he also thought that the dance floor was way too expensive (which I'll agree with) and that a DJ seemed over the top. I have a very strict budget, all of which is coming out of my parents pocket and not his. I suppose people are just supposed to sit there and stare at each other over cake. Oh Oh and best of all 14 weeks before the wedding his sister dropped out of being a bridesmaid with not so much as a sorry. The dresses my maid of honor picked out are backordered and won't be in for 12 weeks... 2 weeks before the wedding with barely enough time for alterations! He doesn't understand why I'm upset... now I have to find somebody and beg for them to be my bridesmaid (okay okay I'm exaggerating I have friends, but still!)
I can tell you one thing... its very lucky for him that we're 10 states apart right now or I might just have to seriously hurt him. I love him but really... WTF!?