![]() ![]() And why not? You've already told her that you've reserved two seats. ![]() Aside from the fact that it's mildly insulting, if you're reserved two seats for Mary and John Doe, if John can't make it, Mary might think that she can then bring someone else in his place, like her child or next door neighbor. I lifted these response card wordings from about.In Response to Re: RSVPs: "We have reserved 2 seats in your honor": Now that we''re on the subject of redundancy-isn''t it also redundant to write "RSVP / Kindly reply by the ninth of September" rather than just "RSVP / by the ninth of September"? I also believe that it is redundant to include both, yes, unless you are expecting to get different information from each entry-are you? " is from the host''s POV.) You could change the last bit to "please reserve _ seats in my honor" but that sounds a bit off, doesn''t it? ("_ Happily Accept" is from the guest''s POV, yet the "we have reserved. I don''t think I''ve ever seen the "we have reserved _ seats in your honor" before, but it would bother me that it is written from a different POV as the rest of the card. ![]() If people can''t figure out how to write a proper response with that, they''re beyond help! My FI''s family and friends don''t do this, so we compromised by including a response card that simply said "the favour of a reply is requested by the fifteenth of June" along the top, and the rest of the card was blank. I''m not going to pretend to be an expert with these things because we don''t generally use response cards in my circle, rather we expect people to send a formal written response in the form of a letter. Hmmmm, I know what you mean, Musey, the subject/verb disagreement with the accept/accepts issue would bother me to no end. Ask our PriceScope members and industry experts for a second opinion or get lost in the thousands of user-shared diamond and jewelry images for inspiration. ![]()
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