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By Lei Lydle
Founder and Editor
Last Updated: 6/27/2006 8:23:57 PM |
Wedding announcements are an optional tradition (and expense). Announcements are sent to those friends who are not invited to the wedding because of guest list limitations or to those friends who live too far away to travel or who are too sick to travel.
Announcements carry no obligation, so anyone who receives an announcement is not obligated to send a gift.
When To Send
Announcements are mailed as soon as possible after the wedding. Usually the parents of the bride send them out on the wedding day so that they are received soon after the wedding. The date is included in the announcement but not the time or location of the ceremony and reception.
Announcements are very common when a couple elopes and may be sent several weeks after the wedding.
Wording
The traditional wording of wedding announcements is as follows:
Mr. & Mrs. John Doe Smith
have the honour of
announcing the marriage of their daughter
Linda Sue
to
Mr. Christopher John Green
Saturday, the ninth of May
two thousand and two
Atlanta, Georgia
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Leslie from Lancaster, PA says... |
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We are having a smaller wedding of 100 people, the majority of which are family members. Is it REALLY that tacky to send announcements to friends of the family, co-workers, and people who couldn't travel the distance to the wedding? I want in no way to offend anyone, nor am I "fishing" for presents! We simply decided to have an intimate wedding day with immediate family members! I would rather get an announcement, than see something in the newspaper 3 months later about the wedding... At least you were thought of at all! Is there a professional opinion either way about announcements?
Wedding Date: October 14th, 2006 |
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Posted: 6/27/2006 7:37:39 PM |
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Esmeralda from Boston, MA says... |
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As the recent recipient of a post-wedding announcement (I've never received one before), let me say that I found it truly offensive and would strongly urgeyour bridezillas not to send them. The thing struck me as a veiled request for gifts - the implication is that "you weren't worth inviting but, oh, by the way, here's our new address following our honeymoon in Hawaii so that you can send us a gift." I wanted a reality check to ensure that it wasn't only me who reacted this way, so I asked three friends about it, quoting the language of the announcement, and each of them had the same reaction. The groom was a relative's son whom I've actually seen only twice in his life, and I already knew about the wedding. No one ever thought it was important for me to know where he lived, so I can only assume that the address was there for gift-sending purposes. Tacky, tacky, tacky. |
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Posted: 11/3/2005 8:44:49 PM |
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donna from nettleton, ms 38858 says... |
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your wed site was the most informative.
God bless,
Wedding Date: 04-23-04 |
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Posted: 3/25/2004 |
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