Inviting famous people to your wedding

I didn't seriously invite anyone famous. I essentially asked for a good luck message on an RSVP card that I could give boy as a present. I'm not that deluded (and I hope it was clear in my accompanying letter) that I think they'd come. Or think I was for real.

I didn't even realise that you had, FTLOMB.

Sorry, thought I was gathered in the net of idiots who issue celebrity invitations (see other thread)

Here is my letter text:

Dear Mr XYZ,

I am writing to you on behalf of my soon-to-be-husband and myself.

Owing to a handful of declines for our forthcoming nuptial celebrations, I am delighted to extend invitations to your good selves, enclosed with this letter. Please excuse the presumptuous use of first names on the invitations, necessary for them to match those of our other guests (and consequently, satisfy my desire for order in this world).

I very much hope you will be able to join us to celebrate our marriage, although I understand that you may feel ambivalent about attending the wedding of a couple you do not personally know and with a group of guests who will almost certainly be staring at you at all day.

If it helps our cause in any way, we *insert some nonsensical titbit to demonstarte how much we like comedian*.

In anticipation of your response, I have included reply cards and stamped, addressed envelopes with the invitations. I would be grateful if you could fill these in and post them back. Although I hope you will all accept with pleasure, I would like to gently remind you that the formal etiquette in the case of a “decline with regret” would have you include a brief congratulatory message - may I suggest using the reverse of the reply card for any such message (although obviously, we would be grateful for best wishes in any format)? I am sure it would help to placate us if we need to confront the grim prospect of a wedding without you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

But why? That's what I don't get!

What's my opinion? Bit weird...

I'm going to some baseball games this summer and next summer so will try and get some autographs for my OH then as I know he would absolutely love it, but personally I think inviting them is a step too far, but each to their own.

I think if it was for the purpose of gettinga nice wedding message back on the RSVP, I would instead just write asking for a nice wedding message - although perhaps the invite prompts a reply more than a request for a message would? The only person/people H2B would appreciate one from is the Foo Fighters and think it would be unlikely that they would reply, so I wont bother.

Because I think it would be cute to have scribbles/pics/messages from people who make us laugh??? I have never gone in for "signed" stuff before - wouldn't even dream of buying signed memorabilia (unless it was Hendrix or something). But I quite like the idea of someone writing "Good luck E and J" or whatever, on a reply card. Or their PA doing so, in a way that we can't tell the difference

Mr RB wants to invite Bon Jovi, and I don't think he's joking! But I've always known he's a bit footloop to be fair.

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This is what I'm hoping. I've matched letters to the style of the comedian in the hope that it might just get me further up the pile of boring sh*t they have to sign. I'm pretty sure that it's clear the "invitation" part is a ploy?

Would it really be so grim if you were not to hear from this guy?

No. It's a joke. I don't want any of them to come to our wedding, that would be wierd.

What's a footloop?

I had a journalist who writes for the Times do a reading at our wedding, so by association, she's famous! I'm also famous as I have featured in two national publications. FACT.

If you were famous, what would you think if you got an invite to some random person's weddding?

I didn't send any famous people wedding invites as I don't know any.

Mr RB is a fruitloop/fruit cake/sandwich short of a picnic. Bless him!

Is that a proper Southern word?

Not sure I get it either, imagine if they did accept, it would be a huge distraction sorry for being self indulgent but I want all eyes on me and hubby to be on my wedding day, I think it would be very uncomfortable for whoever the celebrity was being leared at all day and hounded for autographs pics etc, I think the whole getting a message off them is a nice thought but as for actually inviting them to my wedding I find it all a bit mad and weird, thats just my opinion though.

She's very famous in Outer Mongolia. She's like their version of David Hasselhoff.

I'd think they were mental.

Can we be clear here though, I have not invited anyone of international reknown! Just slightly offbeat UK comedians, some of whom share hometowns/etc, who have a good reputation for returning fan mail and are generally regarded as "good guys".

Naboo should get the kind of people I mean.

Not sure. I like to think that I made it up as I can't remember hearing it anywhere before! ?

Think it would probably get filed!

Red Barry, you are speeeeshul!

We are kind of having a celeb at our wedding now I think about it. A friend of my h2b's is a DJ on local radio near where my Mum lives. Not massively famous, but some Stokies have heard of him... that's not why we are inviting him though!

? I actually meant to write fruitloop and have only just realised that I didn't! Haven't a clue what a footloop is either, but I did make that one up, unintentionally!

Me either, but I can hazard a f*cking guess at where it's going from now on....

Oooh, just remembered that our DJ was part of a very influential "Madchester" band. Doubt my Mum will recognise the greatness of that though...

Stroppy.

Mock-stroppy.

Nah its one I've heard before - but you need to be careful how and where you use it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_(slang)#Fruit_Loops

Footlong, did you invite frankie Boyle? He would be awesome value at a wedding!

It never crossed my mind to invite anyone famous and I dont really get the autograph thing but apparently Mr Naboo does, this became apparent when he recenlty discovered that I had accidently thrown away a scruffy old book that I forgot he had autographed by the enitre Barcalona football team! (exasserbated (sp) by the fact that to his usual annoyance I never throuw anything away ever!) this resulted in me trailing round every branch of the charity store I always donate to as apparantly they justsend stuff on only to find 2 copie of said book both minus autographs! and finally in desperation i emailed Lionel Messi (OHs most missed of theautographs)a very grovelly letter stating my in incompetance in the vain hope he would sign something and send it back but alas he has obviously assumed I am some deranged stalker with a made up husband and not got back to me :-(

Ooo who? I will proabably be impressed!