Inviting Co-Workers to the Wedding
By Kim Shaw
QUESTION
My fiancé and I are planning to invite our co-workers
to our wedding. Some of our colleagues have posted an invitation on the bulletin
board in the department to announce their weddings. Do you have any etiquette
suggestions if we post the invitations? And how do we obtain an RSVP?
ADVICE
Posting the invitations is certainly the easiest way to go. First, you don't
offend anyone who might feel left out if they don't receive an invitation. And,
those who don't know you well will not feel obligated to attend or give a gift.
To obtain an RSVP, you can do a couple of things. You might create a note and
attach it right below the invitation saying something like, "Please RSVP to
the following phone number before ____ (the date of your choice), or something
similar. Or, you might attach the invitation to a large sheet of pretty paper
with space below for people to write their names and the number who will attend.
Unfortunately, there will probably be a few people who will attend who didn't
RSVP, but that seems to happen at most weddings.
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Kim Shaw is the President of Moonlight & Magnolia - Exquisite Weddings and Special Events, located in Charlotte, NC.
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