Thank you Rebecca for posting this so quickly, I was fairly desperate to share feelz with others. I am officially going to bed in tears after rewatching this. Happy tears? Sad tears? Something in between...Verklempt is the word that comes closest

People who do not RSVP are behaving like inconsiderate jerks. The end.

I hope I'm not a cunt.

Stories like this are why I tend to talk myself out of throwing parties. It's just too depressing when people don't follow through.

I think the point is they shouldn't have to track you down via email. We are adults. When someone invites you to a function that you know is going to require a headcount, and sends you a pre-addressed pre-stamped envelope, it's not really that hard to check yes and drop it in the mail. Someone is spending time and…

My husband and I throw a NYE party every other year - those lazy a-holes can plan something every other year if they really want to party. Usually there is a theme, which kind of tricks everyone into committing early on when they get into the themed idea.

I think it is appalling how rude this is, when it is a big deal catered event like a wedding/ anniversary party/ any other kind of party where invitations were printed and someone went to the trouble of finding your address and mailing you an invite. I got all those fuckers back by putting my high-strung mom in charge…

Yeah, considering that 30 people showed up that wedding uninvited, it seems to me that the couple sent so many emails because they were aware that they had invited idiots who would show up despite not RSVPing. Why they were friends with so many idiots is the real question, but that doesn't make them assholes.

We had 4 people not show up to our wedding. One set was a couple who conveniently had their babysitter cancel the day of the wedding... after I told them they could bring kids to our wedding.

I agree 100% with this, with a slight exception to Point 3. I just got married last Summer and I don't know if I'll ever forget the people that canceled the day before or didn't show up on the day of. It was an out of state wedding in which 99% of the guests had to travel at least 10 hours. You either know you're…

OH EM GEE. SO MUCH ANGRY RANTING TO FOLLOW.

As someone who is married and has helped plan many a wedding, there are a couple of things I can guarantee for you:

I used to a Christmas party every year, and now I do not have Christmas parties anymore because 1) I was sick of it and 2) I was getting depressed by how uninterested mys o called friends seemed in coming to my party. It was like they didn't want to RSVP in case something better came up.

We have a friends and family thing coming up on Christmas Eve that I plan every year. We invite about 30 people, and I usually end up having to track almost all of them down 2-3 days prior in order to know how much food I need. I then plan for about 70% of that total to show up, because people are flaky and they suck.

But now the person has paid for your stupid expensive meal and you didn't show (in the case of a wedding).

Still, if you say yes, the person will spend extra preparing your spot. I was raised to only cancel under extreme circumstances, if I'd RSVP'd yes. Part of being an adult is sometimes just sucking it up and going, even if it's not what you personally feel like doing at this very moment.

It's true. I have done this and other people have done this to me. It sucks. I vow to RSVP properly from now on.

That happened to me. I threw a Christmas party over the weekend, provided all booze, made all the food myself (not chips and salsa, we're talking caviar pie, homemade spreads etc), even got boozey prizes (it was ugly sweater theme) and planned it about 3-4 weeks in advance. 30 people invited, SIX RSVPS. I hunted down…

People who don't RSVP when you're spending your own money to entertain them, thus causing you to have to overdo it on the food and beverages, are the WORST. I hate these people. It's one thing to not show up to your friends party down the street that was thrown together that day for drinking, it's another thing to not…

Um, is it weird if I'm kind of fangirling over A BCO AUTHOR COMMENTING ON MY COMMENT??