Over the weekend my friend Harold and I had a holiday party at his apartment. I did the ol' Evite thing, invited a few friends, and we had a wonderful time. I love the convenience of Evite...it allows you to send out invitations and track who is coming. But what's the deal with people who don't RSVP? One of the benefits of this system is you can see when a person views your invitation. So you know they read the email. They know YOU read the email, but they don't say "yes", "no", or "maybe" (and anyone who has thrown a party knows that that if someone says "maybe" they always mean no, they're just afraid to say no to you.
It's just rude okay? We're planning food purchases and seat rental based on who is affirmatively responding to your invitation. If you don't RSVP and show up anyway, you're stressing out the host and maybe taking a seat, party favor or whatever out of the hands of the person who took the time to say "yes thankyou!" I understand busy schedules sometimes keep us from knowing 3 weeks in advance about a particular date, but the day of said event still isn't too late to say "sorry, can't make it." A few people did that and I was thankful! At least I knew.
Most of my invites rsvp'd to our party, and whether or not they could attend, they will be invited to future events. But to those who ignored the email dispite repeatedly viewing it? Well, they're off the list. You know who you are, but let's face it, if you're that rude, you're probably not reading my blog on a regular basis anyway.
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