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To ask how you would reply to this couple?

173 replies

Rainbowb · 03/08/2020 23:34

If this is true, a couple have sent out wedding invites asking all potential guests to submit two 250-word 'essays' to two questions. The gist is that they’ll use these essays to choose who can come or not, based on people’s enthusiasm. People who don’t write essays at all will be automatically disqualified. So how would you reply if you could do it in much less than 250 words?

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TorgosPizza · 04/08/2020 02:19

It can't be real, but if it is, making it a destination wedding should thin the herd fairly effectively. Why would anyone (except maybe close family and best friends) want to let someone else decide when and where they holiday that year?

Destination weddings as a concept are bizarre. If you want to marry somewhere exotic, go for it, but I can't imagine expecting anyone else to come unless I was prepared to foot the bill for their travel expenses.

BadTattoosAndSmellLikeBooze · 04/08/2020 02:39

Cringe.

Limpshade · 04/08/2020 02:42

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude Grin

Limpshade · 04/08/2020 02:47

My haiku:

To the bride and groom,
Mumsnet has something to say:
Are you both on glue?

BruceAndNosh · 04/08/2020 02:55

What happens if The Groom's essay isn't good enough?

lljkk · 04/08/2020 03:34

I only tuned in for the haikus! Wish I were witty.xx

Skipping your wedding
Means saving on the wedding gift
What's not to like?

user12345796 · 04/08/2020 06:51

Why do you want to come?
Hmm.... I like standing around for hours feeling cold and bored and then eating food I wouldn't have chosen in a million years while trying to make small talk with people I will never see again.
What will our wedding mean to you?
Nothing - I will have completely forgotten it by the autumn.

Silvercatowner · 04/08/2020 07:24

Oh goodness I'd be so happy! I loathe weddings so this would be the perfect get out.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 04/08/2020 07:36

Yeah, that would be a "no" from me.
If someone wants me to justify why I want to be there, I no longer want to go, thanks.

eaglejulesk · 04/08/2020 07:37

I'm afraid I would be in the 'automatically disqualified' camp!

Wecandothis99 · 04/08/2020 07:46

This can't be real haha

nether · 04/08/2020 07:54

I just cannot imagine anyone really doing this (and lots of AITA is clearly invented)

But on the vanishingly small chance that this was real, I wouid play it straight:

'Thank you for including us with the new invitation. As you know DC has been required to shield, and we told both you and your mother why travel is impossible for us for the foreseeable future. So we shall be unable to attend, but hope your marriage is long and happy'

Judging from earlier posts, that reply wouid put us at risk of winning an invitation!

LioneIRichTea · 04/08/2020 08:00

God I wouldn't even do it for my own wedding.

🤣 oh same

ShebaShimmyShake · 04/08/2020 08:01

I really, really, really doubt it's true.

Pizzapromotion · 04/08/2020 08:11

Don't most people see going to a wedding as a bit of a chore, one that costs the earth. Even where I've been close to and genuinely thrilled for the couple, I've only wanted to be there for them, not because I really wanted to go to a wedding.

On that basis, don't the B&G feel that way about weddings too, so why do so many seem to think guests should be honoured to be invited?

watertheroses · 04/08/2020 08:15

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

lilgreen · 04/08/2020 08:26

“The pros and cons of having one’s head stuck too far up one’s own arse-discuss.”

viques · 04/08/2020 08:30

Dear Bride and Groom,

I want to witness your marriage, because I want to be sure that fate has actually brought the two most entitled people in the world together. I want to celebrate the fact that through your union two other innocent people have been saved the possibility of accidentally hooking up with either of you. I also want to drink your free bar dry, post really bad photos of you on Instagram and instigate a food fight with your wedding cake.

VinylDetective · 04/08/2020 08:31

I know a couple who could easily have done this.

randomsabreuse · 04/08/2020 08:37

I can think of a fairly easy way to meet the word count. Fuck 125, off 125.
In columns maybe, possibly in all the fonts and colours. Possibly even powerpoint and animated to practice all the options.

dogsdinnerlady · 04/08/2020 08:41

Ask them to write an essay explaining why they want you to come to their crappy wedding?

HagridsBackTeeth · 04/08/2020 08:47

IRL, I couldn't even be arsed to reply, but I'll give it a go for here:

why do you want to come and what would being at our wedding mean to you?

I don't (want to come). I find weddings tedious and boring to be honest. I know that you feel your wedding is the social event of the year, but trust me: it isn't. Watching Netflix all day during lockdown made me more enthusiastic than the thought of attending your wedding.

Pelleas · 04/08/2020 08:47

Another vote for haiku:

You can fuck right off
Off to the far side of fuck
Then fuck off some more

supersop60 · 04/08/2020 08:51

It's a destination wedding, too.
Think about what you'll save on outfits + flights + accommodation + gift.
It's a no from me.

SockYarn · 04/08/2020 08:53

My essay:

What is WRONG with you?