Facebook gone too far.....

[Brigitte]

I just got a wedding invitation on Facebook. :001_huh:

[Tree House Academy]

ROFL!

 

.....But really, you are coming to my wedding, right?

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[mysticamethyst]

I think I can do better, my SIL got engaged for the 4th time on FB. I have nothing nice to say about her so I will end it there but yep got engaged right there on FB how romantic is that.:glare:

 

FB is great for keeping in touch with family but the out of touch friends and the twitter like updates are sometimes a bit much.

 

I go there to update pictures and such for my family, by blog gets posted up there also for my family to see. Ocassionally I play Farmville but most of the time my crops just die. lol.

[Brigitte]

I see these people EVERY week. The wedding is 3 weeks away and I have not received an invitation in the mail. Am I to assume the Facebook invitation is it? :glare: I have know about the wedding for a long time, but still think a regular invite is in order. Perhaps I am too old fashioned!?!?!? :lol:

[mazakaal]

I just read an article on CNN that McDonald's in Hong Kong is going to start offering weddings starting in January. Could you imagine getting a facebook invitation to a McDonald's wedding. Sad.

[plansrme]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

[Jen in PA]

I just read an article on CNN that McDonald's in Hong Kong is going to start offering weddings starting in January. Could you imagine getting a facebook invitation to a McDonald's wedding. Sad.

 

Either sad or funny in a real embrace-the-tackiness way.

[holdoll]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

Hahahaha! :lol::lol::lol:

[runmiarun]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

:D:lol:

[LibraryLover]

Saves on paper. Smaller carbon footprint, maybe. But I think the wedding at Mega McD's cancels that out.

 

;)

[Nakia]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

That is awesome!!! :lol:

 

 

Sadly, I, too, have seen a wedding invitation on facebook. I wasn't specifically invited, but it's one of those "events" you can set up where people can respond attending or not attending. It showed up on my feed because the couple and I have some mutual friends. :tongue_smilie:

[Catwoman]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

Yes, definitely.

 

And rather than attending the actual wedding, perhaps you could just send your avatar. ;)

 

Cat

[SquirrellyMama]

Call me lame or tacky but... I'm all for not having one more piece of paper in my house and for lowering the cost of a wedding.

 

Now, I can see a problem if the invite is in the status update and you aren't sure if you are invited.

[Brigitte]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

Facebook has all those "gifts" you can give for birthdays, perhaps they have a line of wedding gifts?! I wonder if there is a Facebook wedding gift registry. :lol:

[Dina in Oklahoma]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

 

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Brigitte]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

Yes, definitely.

 

And rather than attending the actual wedding, perhaps you could just send your avatar. ;)

 

Cat

 

:lol: Actually, it is the only way I can attend.

[mommaduck]

I just got a wedding invitation on Facebook. :001_huh:

They just saved on paper, printing, and stamps ;) :lol:

[Plink]

I see these people EVERY week. The wedding is 3 weeks away and I have not received an invitation in the mail. Am I to assume the Facebook invitation is it?

 

Yup - I think that is all you are going to get.

 

It sounds as if you are in the "second choice" category of friends. I bet they received back all of their original invitations and had a few spaces left to fill, so decided to add in a few more invitations.

 

~Tacky!~

[Brigitte]

Yup - I think that is all you are going to get.

 

It sounds as if you are in the "second choice" category of friends. I bet they received back all of their original invitations and had a few spaces left to fill, so decided to add in a few more invitations.

 

~Tacky!~

 

The funny thing is that they told me about the wedding and to save the date months ago. Perhaps they forgot that they invited me verbally months ago and sent out the invites and now remember that they had invited me previously. Another friend who also received the verbal invite has not received a paper invitation either. She is not on FB, however.

[Impish]

I received a baby shower invite for one of Wolf's cousins that I'd never met. Wolf hadn't seen the cousin in over a decade.

 

Needless to say, we didn't go.

[Gwenhwyfar]

we invited people to our wedding by phone, email, facebook, and in person ~ oh and we even asked a few people to get ahold of other people for us.

 

if anyone was "offended" that they didn't get a stupid little card with ugly gold lettering? OH WELL. :)

[TXMomof4]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

Like stuff for Farmville? Or one of those iHearts? What a great idea!

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Pippen]

I think I can do better, my SIL got engaged for the 4th time on FB. .

 

It wasn't to my dad, was it? ;)

[BamaTanya]

on FB. Yes, that's right. I physically went to the shower and took a baby gift. A couple weeks later I got a FB "message" in my inbox that was to a lot of her friends (I didn't know) and me thanking *us* as a group for the lovely presents.

 

At least I got included in the message recipient list. :tongue_smilie:

[Gwenhwyfar]

on FB. Yes, that's right. I physically went to the shower and took a baby gift. A couple weeks later I got a FB "message" in my inbox that was to a lot of her friends (I didn't know) and me thanking *us* as a group for the lovely presents.

 

At least I got included in the message recipient list. :tongue_smilie:

 

see that wouldn't bother me at all....

 

times are changing ~ the ways in which we communicate with each are changing right along with them....

 

it's a bit like the way that email is much more common than handwritten letters...or sending digital photos while on vacation instead of post cards...

[Haiku]

I think e-vites are fab. Not only do they save paper and gas, but it's a heck of a lot easier for everyone to respond. Electronic communication is the way things are going, I think, and I have no problem with that. I think paper invites are a waste, and I'm not really into old-fashioned manners for the sake of being old-fashioned manners.

 

Tara

[Gwenhwyfar]

I think e-vites are fab. Not only do they save paper and gas, but it's a heck of a lot easier for everyone to respond. Electronic communication is the way things are going, I think, and I have no problem with that. I think paper invites are a waste, and I'm not really into old-fashioned manners for the sake of being old-fashioned manners.

 

Tara

 

:iagree:

 

(very much)

[PollyOR]

see that wouldn't bother me at all....

 

times are changing ~ the ways in which we communicate with each are changing right along with them....

 

it's a bit like the way that email is much more common than handwritten letters...or sending digital photos while on vacation instead of post cards...

 

I think e-vites are fab. Not only do they save paper and gas, but it's a heck of a lot easier for everyone to respond. Electronic communication is the way things are going, I think, and I have no problem with that. I think paper invites are a waste, and I'm not really into old-fashioned manners for the sake of being old-fashioned manners.

 

Tara

 

:iagree:

[TanuvasaMama]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

HA HA HA HA!!!!! I would crack up if you sent them some farmville crops to congratulate the happy couple!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[TanuvasaMama]

I think evites are wonderful for a party or shower...but a fb invite to a wedding...I just can't get on board with that.

[melissel]

Yeah, I have to say this really wouldn't bother me at all. Now, if I were proposed to via FB, there would be some hell to pay, but an invite to a wedding? I'd be fine with it. Different strokes, I guess :D

[dripdripsplat]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

 

I'd say a nice sheep or cow from Farmville would get the happy couple started off right :lol:

[Abigail4476]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[MissKNG]

I received an e-vite to a one year's birthday party this past summer then a week later (even after declining the evite), received a list of "gift ideas" for the party. I think it was just sent to everyone invited but gift ideas for a one year old??? And Teach Your Baby to Read was on the list...ugh!

[mommaduck]

I received an e-vite to a one year's birthday party this past summer then a week later (even after declining the evite), received a list of "gift ideas" for the party. I think it was just sent to everyone invited but gift ideas for a one year old??? And Teach Your Baby to Read was on the list...ugh!

Though misguided, you have to give the parent credit for thinking of educational materials ;)

[kewb]

I am all for evites for general parties and showers but when it comes to a big life altering event I like a nice invite in the mail. However, that is me. I am seeing an increase in email for responses instead of a response card. Personally, I don't like that at all for the simple reason that I like to use the response cards to arrange seating. Sure I can do it on the computer but it is not the same as a large piece of paper with cards arranged on it.

[MissKNG]

Though misguided, you have to give the parent credit for thinking of educational materials ;)

 

LOL! This is from a girl who told me that she heard that early teethers (like her dd) always hit milestones early. She said she heard it from two different people. I never heard that one!:confused::D

[mommaduck]

LOL! This is from a girl who told me that she heard that early teethers (like her dd) always hit milestones early. She said she heard it from two different people. I never heard that one!:confused::D

There's all kinds of wives' tales that float about. I've heard that one before as well. Sounds like a first time mommy? And naturally, really hopeful that she has a "brilliant" child (I used to be that mommy LOL!)

[NanceXToo]

eh, I can see both sides, I guess, but it wouldn't personally bother me much. Okay it might make me smile a little bit because it's never happened to me before and it would have been a bit unexpected. But I CAN understand saving money and time, getting faster responses, and, hey, using less paper is a good thing, right? So this doesn't really surprise (or bother) me much in this day and age of electronics.

 

ETA: The "virtual invite = virtual gift" thing was pretty funny though! :D

[GailV]

I think e-vites are fab. Not only do they save paper and gas, but it's a heck of a lot easier for everyone to respond. Electronic communication is the way things are going, I think, and I have no problem with that. I think paper invites are a waste, and I'm not really into old-fashioned manners for the sake of being old-fashioned manners.

 

Tara

 

Then why not REALLY save paper, gas, time, etc., etc. and just have a wedding with 2 witnesses and post a video of it on Facebook?

[kalphs]

I just got a wedding invitation on Facebook. :001_huh:

I got invited to a Pampered Chef party on FB.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Then why not REALLY save paper, gas, time, etc., etc. and just have a wedding with 2 witnesses and post a video of it on Facebook?

 

you mean kinda like people who've gone to the courthouse and had a very small marriage ceremony & then given friends and family a few photos later?

 

....that would be the 'fifteen years ago' version of what you just suggested. ;)

[PinkInTheBlue]

Well, it's unconventional and odd but who cares? To each his/her own. No wasted money or wasted paper. There is so much waste to weddings. :)

[DarlaS]

Then why not REALLY save paper, gas, time, etc., etc. and just have a wedding with 2 witnesses and post a video of it on Facebook?

 

It's only a matter of time. :lol:

[Pretty in Pink]

Eh...it doesn't bother me. I've received e-vites to all sorts of parties, even weddings, even on FB.

[Parrothead]

Then why not REALLY save paper, gas, time, etc., etc. and just have a wedding with 2 witnesses and post a video of it on Facebook?

Then the guests can really save time, money and effort by posting digital photos of the wedding gifts they would have bought if the couple had gone a more traditional route.

 

I think evites or invitations issued via email are just fine for anything event that one would have used the phone to issue inviations in the past. Other events, just by their nature, should call for a bit more formality.

Edited October 16, 2010 by Parrothead

[tex-mex]

I received an e-vite to a one year's birthday party this past summer then a week later (even after declining the evite), received a list of "gift ideas" for the party. I think it was just sent to everyone invited but gift ideas for a one year old??? And Teach Your Baby to Read was on the list...ugh!

Just attended a baby's 1st bday party the mom organized a la FB invite. She even went so far as to instruct us on the price range for the gifts. Tacky. Guess what? It backfired on her... about 15 people attended and the baby only got 2 gifts. One from my family and one from the baby's grandma. Amazing.

[tex-mex]

Then why not REALLY save paper, gas, time, etc., etc. and just have a wedding with 2 witnesses and post a video of it on Facebook?

I know. I was thinking the same darn thing -- why bother us with the invite? Just post it on YouTube when it is done. LOL

 

The only thing that bugs me with a FB invite like the wedding -- is that many people do not do FB as they are leery of privacy issues. Most don't do emails or computers if they are older relatives. Do you leave them out? Great way to stir up a hornet's nest by offending the family, IMO.

[*Inna*]

Virtual invitation = virtual gift.

:iagree::lol:

[Brigitte]

I think e-vites are fab. Not only do they save paper and gas, but it's a heck of a lot easier for everyone to respond. Electronic communication is the way things are going, I think, and I have no problem with that. I think paper invites are a waste, and I'm not really into old-fashioned manners for the sake of being old-fashioned manners.

 

Tara

 

I don't know why, but an evite would seem more appropriate even than a Facebook invitation. I am not the least bit offended by it, it just seems to not fit the seriousness of the occasion.