You’ve spent weeks planning your guest list. Moving people from the day to the evening, argued over what to do with partners and children. Had questions about your second cousins, your mums best friend and that girl you went to school with. Finally you’re ready to start designing your invites.
You look for days on Pinterest and Instagram for the best looking stationary, see the price and quickly retreat to either DIY or a preset design. You analyse for hours, is your name spelt right, google how you’re even meant to phrase the invite, is the date right? And when you’ve checked it a thousand times, ordered a sample, checked it again and got your bride squad to triple check. You’re finally ready to send the invites.
This is the stage I’m now at. I even have everyone’s addresses, know which order they’ll be sent (we would like the parents to have theirs first) and got the stamps. And then that massive wave of anxiety hits you, ‘what if no one comes to our wedding?’
Our wedding is not massive, we are going abroad and inviting 70 guests and expecting around 50 to attend. But what if they don’t?! What if this massive venue with accommodation for all doesn’t get filled? What if we’ve spent all this money for nothing? Surely people will come? Won’t they?
When I sought support on Instagram, it appears I am not the only one with invite anxiety. Out of my story poll, 93% said they had or are feeling the same, which gave me much relief, I’m trying to be excited to send them out and hope that we get some sort of RSVP of people!
How did you feel when you sent your invites out? Or are you at my stage of planning and how do you feel about it? Let us know in the comments below!
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