Invitation acknowledgment

How long ago did you post them?

I sent out Save the Dates last week, they would have arrived on Friday or Saturday just gone, in total it was probably about 40 odd separate envelopes and only about a handful texted so far- it was only a few days ago.... and one of those was my mum and one was my sister! Lol

I suppose we are all super excited as we are getting married but other people have different priorities esp in this pandemic, try not to get upset.

I totally understand! When we sent out our save the dates, not a single person got in touch to save they had received it/were looking forward to the wedding, etc. I found this quite hurtful as I am always so excited for other people's life events and make an effort to show interest - but I've learnt over the years that people are often wound up with their own lives and it doesn't occur to them to take interest in the big things going on in someone else's life. Meh. Shrug it off and keep enjoying wedding planning - hopefully people will be more excited for you on the day.

Our invitations should be with us any day now, so we'll be posting them out in the next few days - at least people have to RSVP following those, but I bet we have to chase some people regardless

I hear you!! I worked really hard on designing ours from scratch (electronic invites) and only my parents replied to say how excited they were and that was it.... my MIL last night just went 'oh yes, I'm sure I've seen it come through, didn't really look at it.' Nothing from any friends.

I'm trying hard not to be upset about it either but it's really hard getting excited for the big day when no one else seems to be as excited - I know it's a pandemic and people have other things to focus on, but this should be something to look forward to right!?

I hear you too!

I sent the Save the Dates out end of last week and luckily I have had a handful of people text me to say how lovely to have something to look forward to. And yes you would have thought people would be so excited especially after this awful year but you cannot account for how other people think.

Example is my OH's brother texted him to ask if their teenage son is invited too. Considering that the Save the Date was addressed to Mr and Mr So and So and family, I would think so !! I thought the "and family" would cover it! Even my OH was a bit annoyed at that. You know what they say- you can't choose your family!

Nothing to stop you being excited with all the planning! Ignore them and hopefully they will be enthusiastic when the day comes

Don't worry about it, I think people are still a bit nervous about making plans when we're still in a pandemic. I text my old uni flatmates on our group chat about the change of date, and they all read it and didn't reply ...

I've not sent invites out yet but I'm preparing for texts saying "do I need to send the RSVP back or can I just text you?" ... LOL.