RSVP
If those four letters have you stumped you are no friend of mine. And your mother failed you.
First, I shall vent.
There are Christmas parties, holiday parties, office parties, cocktail parties happening all over this month. It is so busy it can get overwhelming! I mean, you still have to work, and there is Christmas shopping to get done, and you have to have the right outfit for the right party, and the shoes. By the way, the right shoes can dress up a not so cute outfit. You're welcome.
I am assuming that you are one that will get plenty of invitations. You are reading this little blog after all and that means your special, and not in the short bus kind of way either.
Now imagine your friend has invited you to her party. She always throws fabulous parties and you are lucky you received an invitation. Her parties are the parties people all want to go to.
Now, consider how busy you are this month, then consider how busy your friend is and she still managed to throw this fabulous party! She is amazing!
And what do you do? Or shall I ask, what do you NOT do? RSVP. Those four little letters again. They are on the invitation but as busy as you are, you forgot. Imagine if your friend "forgot" to purchase food for this fabulous Christmas party, now your stuck with chips and dip and warm beer. NOT COOL. And neither is not RSVPing.
How damn difficult is it to tell someone if you are attending an event or not? I mean the people hosting the event is going through A LOT more trouble hosting than you are having to pick up a phone.
It isn't like the old days were you either snail mail a reply back or call one number hoping to all things good that someone is at home to answer because answering machines weren't invented yet. Now you can e-mail, text, snapchat, skype and whatever electronic format you have. Everyone has a cell phone (don't they?), you can reach anyone almost at anytime, and you still forget...really.
RSVP is important. As a matter of fact, not RSVPing is just rude. The only thing that gets you off my shit list for not RSVPing, if if you are the one bringing the good liquor, if not you're not getting that coveted invitation next year. Just sayin'.
Second, I shall teach.
Google, bing, yahoo - whatever search engine you have, just look up the four little letters...
RSVP - from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît". It means "please respond". An if it's written on an invitation, you respond. It's simple really.
It doesn't mean, tell me if you're note coming. That is "regrets only". Totally different thing. This simply means you are coming, unless you're not then let me know. Do you see the difference?
So if you are one of the lucky ones and you receive that party invitation in the mail, please do your host a favor and RSVP. Simply pick up your phone and make sure your host knows if you are going to be there or not.
