Avoid these common pitfalls when replying to a wedding invitation. Peering into your mailbox and seeing a thick envelope trimmed with intricate calligraphy (or opening up the message in your inbox ...

A wedding invitation is an offer ... requiring overnight plans. When he RSVP'd no, his friend reacted with frustration. Despite offering a gift and well wishes, the groom pushed back, eventually ...

1."I attended a colleague's wedding in a very old cathedral in the summer without air conditioning. It was super hot — probably in the nineties. First, a grandmother passed out because of the heat.

The cousin, who is more of an "obligatory invite," left the bride puzzled with his RSVP ... him to our wedding because we wanted to keep our numbers down." After extending an invitation to him ...

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