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Works For Me Wednesday - RSVP-ing
By nottryingforaboy | April 15, 2008
I’m hosting a birthday party this weekend for my two oldest daughters. They have both invited 8 friends. They are so excited. We mailed out Princess invitations for TheOldest. TheMiddleChild had to have Tinkerbell, of course.
We mailed. And then waited. And waited. And waited.
And then, a week later, we finally get an RSVP. “Justin can’t come.” And we waited some more.
Why don’t people RSVP? Why is it so hard to pick up a phone and say whether or not your prince or princess will grace us with their presence.
Finally, it is 4 days before the event. There are a couple RSVPs that are coming! Yea! 7 out of 8 for TheOldest’s list, 3 out of 8 for TheMiddleChild.
But, we’ve paid hundreds to a facility and I still don’t have a total to confirm.
So, RSVPing works for me. At least I think it does. All I know is that NOT RSVP-ing does not work.
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I have this problem too. I’ve tried to make it easy by giving the guest a choice…email me or call me, whatever works. Still, getting people to RSVP seems to be a challenge.
Usually we have most people show up at our gatherings so I’ve just learned to be over prepared.
Good luck with the party!
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Ouch. This one convicted me. I tend to be really bad at RSVP’ing. Thanks for lighting a fire under me to be diligent in responding in the future. You also may find it helpful to know that if an email is given. fellow RSVP slackers tend to step up their game a little more, myself included.
Cute post.
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I always have this problem. I include a phone # and an email address and no one ever bothers to let us know. On my oldest’s 11 birthday last month, they were skating at one location and then coming back here for cake. I even highlighted it on the invitations that we needed to know so we could have adequate transportation. No one called. Happy birthday to your girls!
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I used to own a business that did children’s parties on the weekends. It was unbelievable to me how many people did not rsvp to these moms who had paid several hundred dollars for a party.
It’s easy to forget, but something we should all make a point to remember.
Hope your party is great!
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April 16th, 2008 at 12:05 am
I HATE people who don’t RSVP. I’m still bitter at several people who didn’t RSVP to my wedding but showed up!
I’m good about RSVPing, especially if I can do so by email!
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April 16th, 2008 at 7:29 am
This is a big pet peeve for me. I think it is very rude when people don’t rsvp. I usually put a number and an email so there are choices, but I end up waiting like you! EXCELLENT works for you.
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am
My SIL solves this by sending out evites that have a button you click for the RSVP.
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nottryingforaboy reply on April 16th, 2008:
Evites would only work if I had these people’s emails. I don’t as they are friends from school and the school does not publish email addresses.
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MrsScotsman reply on April 19th, 2008:
That is a good point. I haven’t made it to the school age birthday parties yet. My child’s friends are basically my friend’s kids.
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I was having a hard time thinking of a WFMW post for today. I hope you don’t mind me piggy-backing your post and using Evites for my post today.
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April 16th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I got an invitation the other day that had to RSVP with regrets only. Maybe that will make people aware that you are counting them to be there unless they call and let you know not to plan for them. It may not help, but worth a shot.???
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I too get annoyed about this, but tend to forget myself until the last minute. This was good - I just left here and clicked a button in an e-mail saying that I cannot attend - don’t know why I hadn’t done it yet. Thank you!
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April 17th, 2008 at 8:41 am
I agree. RSVPing doesn’t happen enough and I don’t do it enough. I need to get better at it. I think most people are just too busy and it’s something that gets lost in the shuffle of life. Usually I end up calling to “remind” people about the party the night before. I like to have a count to expect, too.
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April 17th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I’m good at RSVPing.
It works for me also.
Frustrates me when people don’t rsvp.
We solved the problem with our Girl Scout troop. When we need an rsvp to an activity…we put : if we don’t hear from you then we will assume your daughter will not be attending.
I think at a certain point we need to stop “baby-sitting” the parents. I got sick and tired of calling all the parents to find out if there daughter was going a camping trip or not. So, we set a deadline and if we don’t hear from you then your daughter will not be signed up. Seemed mean at first but it has worked wonderful. We get 99% response back now.
~Amy
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April 18th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I don’t send out “blind” b-day party invites anymore. I call the families AHEAD and have them check their calendar. If their child is available, I say, GREAT, I’ll send this invitation out with all the pertinent info then - we look forward to seeing you there!
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April 27th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Good one!
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