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Post by nevaehsmom327 on Jun 22, 2012 13:24:44 GMT -6
Ok, so some friends of ours are getting married tomorrow. DH was asked to be a groomsman a LOOOONG time ago. So, he went and got the tux fitted, ordered, thing cost almost $200 to rent....yes RENT. So, fast forward 6-7 months...we haven't heard ANYTHING from EITHER one of them, and the wedding, is TOMORROW!!! Finally got a text from the bride yesterday, saying "your tux is ready  " DH asked last night, ok, WHERE is the wedding, what TIME is the wedding, is there a rehearsal, grooms dinner? anything?!?! No response til today at like 1 with details. Then he asked where the invite was? Did they send one? Ummm, no they sent invites ONLINE. And I'm sorry, but I have to know, is this becoming a norm? We didn't spend very much on our wedding (less than 5,000) but I still sent out hand made, hand addressed enveloped in the mail to people we invited. Even to family we knew couldn't make it in other states just to let them know we were getting married. But seriously....an "ONLINE" invite?!?!?! Ugh, sorry for the rant but that just IRKS the heck out of me. That and the fact that they haven't said ANYTHING to him about it until two days before. WTF is that? |
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Post by bunsy on Jun 22, 2012 13:28:09 GMT -6
Sounds crazy to me. Online is NOT appropriate if you really want people to show up. People IN the wedding should have all those details months before the wedding. Good luck making it through the day!
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Post by nevaehsmom327 on Jun 22, 2012 13:29:23 GMT -6
Yeah, I told DH I'll be staying at home getting my house clean. Sounds more fun than watching a bunch of people get drunk anyway.
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Post by smalltowngirl5 on Jun 22, 2012 13:30:01 GMT -6
I would say "no" this is not the norm. I have not heard of sending your wedding invites via online. In my opinion very tacky. I think you have every right to be a little upset.
I'm with you we hand made all of our invitations and hand wrote all the addresses even to those we knew couldn't attend.
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Post by dara1012 on Jun 22, 2012 14:18:49 GMT -6
this is not the "norm" from anything I have seen. I have been asked to RSVP online, but the invitations were still sent. Online RSVP makes sense to me, but not without a formal invitation. Evites/FB invites and online invites are for informal parties, birthday parties, get togethers, not for weddings!
I can't believe they haven't talked to him in months and just called today with the wedding tomorrow. Yikes!
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Post by bumblebee23 on Jun 22, 2012 14:22:15 GMT -6
That seems for rude and inappropriate to me. Personally I rarelly even check my email so if someone sends me an invite on there I may not get it in time or it may get mass deleted with all the coupon emails and such I get in my inbox.
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Post by merrr on Jun 22, 2012 21:06:13 GMT -6
Totally rude.  |
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Post by laurac on Jun 25, 2012 12:24:41 GMT -6
How did it go with MR and MRS Rude?
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Post by nevaehsmom327 on Jun 25, 2012 12:41:09 GMT -6
Well, the whole day was a mess for the wedding party. Things were just chaotic I guess. DH just got fed up and got WASTED. Soooo I went there alone, sat in a cold freaking ice arena. The ceremony started 25 minutes late, only lasted about 8, then everyone went to the reception and got even more drunk. Just what a preggo lady wants to do. lol
i mean overall, it was hectic. but as DH said, he didn't want to ruin someones day by not showing up, it just would have been nice for them to give some information out more than two days before the wedding.
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Post by ReneeW on Jun 25, 2012 14:35:56 GMT -6
Wow. That is kind of insane.
My brother-in-law is a sustainability guru and he and his bride did online invites only, no paper. But it made sense to me because the ceremony was held overseas and they created a website with all of the details. So that was a unique situation. Most of the time I think it's best, both for etiquette and logistics, to have a paper invite with a map and details because people need to know the when/ where/ vital stats.
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