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JeannineS79 Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:25 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:25 PM

Adult Only reception

Hi! Can one of your wonderful ladies please help me with Adult Only invitation wording? I'm assuming it should go on the reception card, but how did you ladies word it and where did you put it? I'm getting conflicting arguments some say it's tacky, but if we don't write it we'll have 150 more people at our wedding and we are already at 308!!

Thanks!!!

lauren1802 Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:42 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:42 PM

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we just put the # invited on the rsvp card.

GoingToBoyle Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:52 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:52 PM

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It's not proper etiquette to put 'adults only' on an invite. I would suggest on you RSVP card to put:
__adults accepts...
__adults regrets...

Bride2Be78 Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:56 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 03:56 PM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by lauren1802

we just put the # invited on the rsvp card.

This!! My invite person wrote adult reception on the response card as well

kaw2be Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:06 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:06 PM

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I've just seen it on the reception card where it says 'An Adult only reception will follow the ceremony.'

We're just saving any drama that wording may cause and have already told everyone invited that their kids won't be there. We've spread it by word of mouth and nobody has a problem with it and we're inviting 200 people.

Poggi Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:28 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:28 PM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by kaw2be

We're just saving any drama that wording may cause and have already told everyone invited that their kids won't be there. We've spread it by word of mouth and nobody has a problem with it and we're inviting 200 people.

This! We told the important people (family, bridal party) that it's adults only. We haven't encountered any problems with people wanting to bring their kids.

luckyerialc Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:48 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 04:48 PM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by kaw2be

I've just seen it on the reception card where it says 'An Adult only reception will follow the ceremony.'

We're just saving any drama that wording may cause and have already told everyone invited that their kids won't be there. We've spread it by word of mouth and nobody has a problem with it and we're inviting 200 people.

This!!

Lguido Posted: Sep 11, 2013 07:57 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 07:57 PM

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It's not proper etiquette to put 'adults only' on an invite. I would suggest on you RSVP card to put:
__adults accepts...
__adults regrets...
This!

DB2013 Posted: Sep 11, 2013 08:39 PM+

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Posted: Sep 11, 2013 08:39 PM

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I literally just received an invitation today to my friends wedding and it says on the response card 'Adult Only Reception' on the bottom.

JeannineS79 Posted: Sep 12, 2013 07:37 AM+

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Posted: Sep 12, 2013 07:37 AM

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Thanks everyone!! I have a feeling even if we put adult reception only people will still respond for their kids anyway!! So, not sure what to do.

katielynn Posted: Sep 12, 2013 08:19 AM+

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Posted: Sep 12, 2013 08:19 AM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by lauren1802

we just put the # invited on the rsvp card.

I'm stealing this idea... as well as mentioning that its 'adults only' somewhere on our wedding website... once we make one. That way we can put the site link on our STDs... and people will KNOW... if they don't already because I already have people booking sitters for the night.

My RSVP cards will probably be like:

'We have reserved _2_ seats in your honor.

_ of 2 will be attending/not attending' or whatever.

Lauren.. how did you word yours exactly?

giraffe1210 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 04:53 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 04:53 AM

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at the bottom of our invite it says 'adult reception immediately following' and I saw it that way on almost every invite we looked at. We'd have more children than adults if we let everyone bring their kids. Not to mention, no one ever watches their kids at big family events, I end up being the babysitter. Not this time!

JeannineS79 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 09:29 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 09:29 AM

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Thanks for all your help! It's really sad that we have to add this in the invitition! Because obvi if your child's name is not written on the envelope they are not invited!! But, some people and our families aren't very sharp lol

lauren1802 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 09:50 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 09:50 AM

Re: Adult Only reception

like this!

nella20005 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 10:23 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 10:23 AM

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I put Adult Reception to Follow.... My cousin texted me to confirm if that included his kids too. Ummm yeah!!!

giraffe1210 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 11:02 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 11:02 AM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by lauren1802

like this!

This doesn't necessarily mean no children. My sister would gladly take her daughter somewhere rather than her husband.

lauren1802 Posted: Sep 13, 2013 11:11 AM+

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Posted: Sep 13, 2013 11:11 AM

Re: Adult Only reception

Posted by giraffe1210

Posted by lauren1802

like this!

This doesn't necessarily mean no children. My sister would gladly take her daughter somewhere rather than her husband.

true, but we dont know too many people with children, and addressed the outer envelopes to Mr & Mrs X for most of the ones that do.
we also spread the word to the people who have kids.