Hello All!
What I am about to lecture upon is actually something I embarrassingly admit I have done to brides and grooms in 
the past. Perhaps I know better now because I have actually committed this wedding etiquette faux pas.
Or perhaps I was the bride once and had this occur to me…
Regardless, for anyone reading this article, you will be invited more than likely to a wedding in your lifetime.
The steps a family member or friend goes through to send you an invite usually involves an invite that has been:
- purchased
- assembled
- put in a carefully addressed envelope
- placed a stamp on the outer and inner envelopes
- sealed with …well, maybe envelope glue
Thus, when all this time and money has been dedicated to sending you an invitation, the least you can do is send the reply card back in.
That’s right. Just take a minute to check whether you are going or not, and choose a food option if the bride and groom are providing this for their guests.
Then, put that little reply card in the envelope that has been so graciously provided for you, and that probably already has a stamp on it.
Finally, stick that lovely little reply back into the mailbox and voila! Your local mail service will do the rest.
Now was that really so hard? Well, it obviously was for me at one point in time, and that is why I see how tasteless this can be.
Oh! One last thing. This also means that you do not…for any reason…call, email, text, Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace the bride and groom, family member, etc. and tell them you will not be able to make it to the wedding.
Again, please just send a reply card, and put the flag up on your mailbox.
