'Adult reception immediately following'

IreneinChicago Posted: Apr 30, 2004 09:31 PM

'Adult reception immediately following'

Can I put this on the bottom on the invite to indicate that its an 'adult only' reception?

TeReSa8A Posted: Apr 30, 2004 09:43 PM

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Hi, actually I just got my cousin's invitation that said the same thing, I don't think it's a bad thing. I am not having kids either except
for my nieces and nephews (6 of them) and my FH nieces and nephews too. If we had everyone else's kids their would literally be like 30 kids!!!!!!!! can't do it.

drewsgirl Posted: May 01, 2004 09:02 AM

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I have that on my cards and suprisingly no one said anything negative to me. Actually others told me they were glad I did that.

WeDidIt! Posted: May 01, 2004 10:04 AM

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That is exactly what I did and I had no problems.

marymoon Posted: May 01, 2004 10:26 AM

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No way! That's so tacky and bad etiquette. The inner envelope tells exactly who is invites, so if it says
Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane Doe

They will know little Jimmy is not invited.

Stavia Posted: May 01, 2004 10:34 AM

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We just put on the inner envelope exactly who was invited. We had no issues.

september2004 Posted: May 01, 2004 10:48 AM

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Posted by marymoon

No way! That's so tacky and bad etiquette. The inner envelope tells exactly who is invites, so if it says
Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane Doe

They will know little Jimmy is not invited.

i disagree...

i think it's fine, and actually prefer it this way ('Adult reception immediately following') – leaves no room for misinterpretation.

divabride Posted: May 01, 2004 10:51 AM

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I agree with september2004. Unless you SPECIFICALLY tell my family it is an adult reception, they will bring their children. I've seen them do this on a number of occasions. I have no choice but to put this on the invite.

akanini Posted: May 01, 2004 12:09 PM

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I'm doing this and I've seen it done MANY times. FINE

bridzilla Posted: May 01, 2004 03:22 PM

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Posted by marymoon

No way! That's so tacky and bad etiquette. The inner envelope tells exactly who is invites, so if it says
Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane Doe

They will know little Jimmy is not invited.

I disagree. We (B2Bs) know all the etiquitte rules, but most people don't. They assume that they children are always invited.
At the bottom of my invites I wrote 'adult reception to follow.' This way it doesn't sound like a 'rule,' but gets my point across.

razz1031 Posted: May 01, 2004 04:21 PM

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Posted by divabride

I agree with september2004. Unless you SPECIFICALLY tell my family it is an adult reception, they will bring their children. I've seen them do this on a number of occasions. I have no choice but to put this on the invite.

I agree and I've seen this printed on MANY invites. Some people just don't 'get it' and need to be reminded.

myasmom Posted: May 01, 2004 05:46 PM

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This is not considered bad ettiquite..If you order invites this is usally one of the sample wordings available..
and I did use it b/c alot of people seem to forget that little Jimmy does not eat the same amount of food as an adualt but yet we get stuck with an adult sized bill

jill13bean Posted: May 01, 2004 06:55 PM

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I think it would be fine...

dm24angel Posted: May 01, 2004 08:45 PM

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I'm not doing it because I'm HOPING everyone knows not to bring anyone not listed on invite BUT I think It's ok to do, I wouldnt think twice if I saw it written on an invite ..

nan&dave Posted: May 01, 2004 09:20 PM

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I'm putting the 'adult only' thing on the reception card. I think it's fine to put it on the invite.

Robeymuse Posted: May 01, 2004 10:19 PM

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we put Adult Reception on our reception card. I think it is fine!

Kelly9904 Posted: May 06, 2004 12:14 PM

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Posted by marymoon

No way! That's so tacky and bad etiquette. The inner envelope tells exactly who is invites, so if it says
Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane Doe

They will know little Jimmy is not invited.

TRUST ME If thats what you want PUT IT IN WRITING ON THE INVITE!!!

YOu think they will understand 'little Jimmy' is not invited, well thats now always the case.

I addressed an invite to Mr & Mrs XXX on the outside
Jason and Michelle on the inside, seems simple enough but then why did the response card come back with 6 people attending???

I dont remember inviting your 4 children to my evening wedding....Sorry I am still annoyed by this!

JimmysBride Posted: May 06, 2004 12:20 PM

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Posted by IreneinChicago

Can I put this on the bottom on the invite to indicate that its an 'adult only' reception?

Of course you can! It is NOT in poor taste or bad etiquette. As someone else said, it is shown on many invitation samples, and not everyone assumes that children aren't invited. You have every right to be clear about what you want, and you probably should be.