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    mowi322    October 3, 2009   flagstaff, az

    For our RSVP cards, I want to have the wording "_____ out of _____ accept" to really get the point across that only so many people are invited (sadly, we're not allowing guests for people, or even significant others unless they are engaged/living together - we just don't have room!). I'm really worried that people will assume they can bring someone & hopefully this will politely let them know otherwise.

    I'm wondering if I need to include a "________ out of __________ decline" line. If someone writes "4 out of 5" I already know that one won't be coming. Would people be confused if there wasn't a decline option? They could always write "0 out of ____", right?  Also, it'll give us more room for guests to write us a note.

     
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    JennyBryde    September 18, 2010   Moline, IL

    I'm also interested in the "____ out of _____ accept" sorta thing.  We are trying to severely limit our guest list and plus 1s can sometimes get out of control...

     
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    ErinMarguerite    July 2009   DC Area

    We opted to let people say they're either coming or not coming, and then added a line to say how many would be there.  It didn't even occur to me until just now that it's a little redundant.  Oh well.  Here's how ours were worded:

    M________ 

    ___ will attend

    ___ will not attend

     

     ___ out of ___ will attend on Sunday, the Twenty-Sixth of July. 

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    Chantellamus    October 15, 2009  

    we didn't put anything about our guests declining, we just have:

    number of adults attending ___ number of children attending ____

    Finding out children was a big thing for us because of our location, and doing kids meals for them

    I have just gotten back written on the reply that "no they wont be able to attend" or something.

    I dunno I didn't find it a big deal

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    theantihot    August 1, 2009   Herndon, VA

    here's the way we did ours (this is the proof from the printer)

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