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July 2011 Moms
jmo866
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Birthday invites - WWYD?
jmo866
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I have been mulling this over for a while, H's family lives about 7 hours away, and I know that his parents are planning to come to the birthday, and I'd like to let his extended fam know they are more than welcome to come, but don't want it to seem so formal that they feel obliged. They have relatives down here, so often, someone will already be planning a visit, then they come with his aunt and uncle here. So, here is the question, I have been thinking to just do a facebook invite, so that the people who live far don't feel like it's such a big deal, less pressure, however, my aunts etc. that live here don't have facebook/ email, so do I just call them? Send invites just locally? Or send invites to everyone, regardless of how far they live? DH's family is huge, but they are very close knit... if I started with invites, I'd be sending them to a large group of people, most of who would have no intention of coming so far, just to not make anyone feel left out. WWYD? Thanks for the input!
ETA: I don't know how tacky it is to just do a FB invite where you are, but many friends have done this for their LO's party, so it would not seem strange at all.
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Re: Birthday invites - WWYD?
I personally love fb invites. I find it easier for both the inviter and invitee lol And it's green and cheaper
For formal occasions like weddings I would send an actual invite
So what about my aunts? They are old school lol... like my one aunt is 70, she doesn't have FB, but I want her to come....
I'm the opposite. I don't like fb invites. I feel its a way to just invite anyone and everyone without sending out formal invites. I'm sorry thats just my humble opinion.
No worries, I know some people feel this way, our friends and family don't. WWYD then, regarding the different groups of people and given our situation? Open to suggestions!
I don't think they do, but I will have to double check with my mom. I really don't think my one aunt even has a computer.... hmmmm... I was thinking evites would be a good option.
My family does evites a lot for birthday parties. We aren't super formal people. If you think that's a good way to go then I don't see a problem with it.
But I don't think a paper invite will make a person feel more obligated to come than an electronic one. Either they can come or they can't - how they get invited probably won't matter.
Ya I think that may be the best option, just calling the few who I need to. The thought of sending out a million invites is daunting and unnecessary it seems.
Totally! It'd be like getting married all over again!