Well you guys, I’m so lucky today because my boss told me this morning I only have to work 5 hours today! I’ve been working SO much that I have to take time off so I don’t have too much overtime. Yippee!
So what am I doing this morning? Oh you know…the usual- laying on the couch with my laptop and watching Food Network! Ahh it’s lovely.
ANYWAY, so I’ve been stressing a lot about our RSVPs. I know it’s still really early to, but with only 57 out of 326 people accepting and 27 not accepting we still need a LOT of RSVPs. That leaves 242 people that still need to respond. We sent out our invitations 2 weeks ago but I assumed we’d have more responses by now.
Wondering what our guests’ hold up is? I think I have an idea:
Yup, there’s a Baylor game the same day as our wedding. Not only that, but they’re playing against UT! Now I’m not a big college football fan (the 2 colleges I’ve been to don’t have football teams, only basketball) so I don’t “get” the hype, but we live in a college town and I can’t deny that.
Many of our guests have season passes for the Baylor games and therefore want to go to the last game of the season against UT. Not only that, but the game time won’t be announced until WAY close to the game (it’s either at 2 pm or at 7 pm). Either way it interferes with our wedding. Some guests may miss the ceremony, some may miss the reception, and I think many will miss both (unfortunately).
So why would we plan our wedding on a game day? 
Actually, it wasn’t our fault. Two weeks after Mathew and I got engaged (which was July 2010 and WAY before the Baylor schedule came out) we made the decision to have our wedding on December 3rd. Baylor didn’t have too great of football last year and were already done with their season so we figured it’d be the same this year. Also, we had to figure when I was having finals, when we’d be able to go on our honeymoon, when Christmas was, as well as if our wedding date was different than the day that Mathew’s cousin, Jessica, was graduating with her Masters (her mom is the decorator for the wedding so obviously we needed to work around that). Our wedding is also a popular day in Waco this year because there’s a Free Mason Society Convention that weekend, as well as a teacher’s conference, and 4 other weddings (that we know of).
Needless to say, December is a hard month to have a wedding because there are only so many weekends to choose from, but we’re staying positive. I’m trying not to freak out on our lack of RSVPs but I can’t help but know that everyone is waiting for Baylor to release the time of the game. I hope more people love us enough to miss a football game. Our wedding is only going to be once.
I hope you wont have to worry about this sweetie! Positive thoughts!
Instead of hiring a dj, you could rent a big screen tv…lol. I’m sure it will all work out 🙂
Nicole-Lynn- thanks girl!
Anonymous (whoever you are!)- LOL! Too bad I already paid the deposit 😉 Darn though, I wish I had had that idea 😛
Our wedding was during some university of Michigan game and our dj would announce scores for everyone. haha.. it was pretty neat.
Kelley- that’s a GREAT idea. i’m going to pass that onto Mathew to see if he likes it too. that’d get everyone to not be glued to their phones lol
Aww hon I’m sorry u are stressing about this..and I’m with you..I don’t get the obesession of living your life based on sports games! Hopefully people are just slow at responding and are not even thinking about the game!
I don’t know why, but everyone waits until 2 weeks before the wedding to fully respond… and wait for it, the people who do RSVP may not even show. We lost several hundred dollars that way. So just keep your chin up and tally the days away as you get them; they’re coming.
I think the replies will start coming in and that most people just haven’t taken the time to send them yet. Many people wait until right before the deadline. I am not a football fan at all, so I can’t imagine anyone wanting to miss a milestone like a wedding to watch a game. That seems utterly ridiculous to me, actually, so hopefully you won’t get too many declined invites for that reason.
I do like the idea of a big screen at the reception…how funny!
try not to worry! most of my RSVPS didn’t come in until the last few days before the deadline. i think a lot of people think “oh… well… i still have time to send it back” and forget that brides are literally holding their breath every day while checking the mail box! also, about the football game.. i don’t really “get” football either, college or pro so maybe i’m not the best person to say this and maybe it’s like a sin or something… but THIS IS YOUR WEDDING DAY haha. football games happen EVERY year! and your wedding day is december 3! you don’t even need to justify it 🙂
AND… if you happen to rent a t.v. or something for your guests to watch the game (who knows? maybe they’ll start losing?! and it won’t be an issue) make sure you have the t.v. in the same room that you WANT your guests to be. i once was at a wedding in southern California while the Angels were playing in the World Series and the groom wanted the t.v. in the bar… well that meant the ballroom was EMPTY and it made for a very unhappy bride! think about all your options! OH, and a few weeks ago i was at a wedding here in boston while the Patriots were playing (which was a big deal also) and the bride and groom made sure the DJ announced the score, big plays, etc. So there’s plenty of choices!
Sorry your stressing! Hope everyone will send in their RSVPs soon. I’m sure your close friends and family will gladly miss a football game to share in your special day.
our rsvps trickled in at the beginning too – hopefully you’ll hear from everyone by the deadline & the game won’t even be a consideration for those closest to ya’ll.
That’s frustrating. I totally agree with you, though – weddings only happen once! Also, I think people tend to be slow about RSVP’ing so I’m sure it will pick up once you get a bit closer to your response date!
Aw, I’m sorry you’re stressed, but I’m sure people are just preoccupied with other things. You guests love you more than football! You only get married once. Baylor will be back next year.