RSVP card wording

I am trying to do my invites and I am having trouble with the RSVP cards. I have decided to put a line that indicates how many guests are invited since FH and I both think we will have people who will try to bring children and we are not having children at the wedding.
right now it reads as follows:
Kindly respond by
March 10, 2012
M____________________________
____ people will attend with pleasure
_____ Declines with regret
___ Seat(s) have been reserved in you honor

I just don't think it sounds right... did anyone else do this? How did you word it?
Thanks!

Ours:

The favour of a reply is requested
on or before September 14, 2011

We have reserved ___ seat(s) in your honor

M ____________________________
___accepts with pleasure
___declines with regrets

Number attending ____

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Posted by NYtherapist

Ours:

The favour of a reply is requested
on or before September 14, 2011

We have reserved ___ seat(s) in your honor

M ____________________________
___accepts with pleasure
___declines with regrets

Number attending ____

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This!! The only thing I would change is the first line to 'The favor of your response is requested by the 14th of September' But, I'm not sure if you want to be that formal. Here's a link to the response card section of wedding paper divas. It gives you a good idea of the different phrases you can you use. HTH!

response cards

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Posted by soon2beMrsHenry92912

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Posted by NYtherapist

Ours:

The favour of a reply is requested
on or before September 14, 2011

We have reserved ___ seat(s) in your honor

M ____________________________
___accepts with pleasure
___declines with regrets

Number attending ____

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This!! The only thing I would change is the first line to 'The favor of your response is requested by the 14th of September' But, I'm not sure if you want to be that formal. Here's a link to the response card section of wedding paper divas. It gives you a good idea of the different phrases you can you use. HTH!

response cards

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Funny you should say that because we struggled with that..

i had the same issue with my response cards. so there was absolutly NO confussion and they couldnt skip the # of persons line i did


The favour of your reply is requested on or before August 1,2011

M___________________________________

number of persons ___________
unable to attend _______________

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Posted by NYtherapist

Ours:

The favour of a reply is requested
on or before September 14, 2011

We have reserved ___ seat(s) in your honor

M ____________________________
___accepts with pleasure
___declines with regrets

Number attending ____

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This is exactly what we did too! I would like to see people try to bring unwelcome guests now! Haha

Thanks ladies ... those all sound much better than what I had.

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Posted by Yankeeelove

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Posted by NYtherapist

Ours:

The favour of a reply is requested
on or before September 14, 2011

We have reserved ___ seat(s) in your honor

M ____________________________
___accepts with pleasure
___declines with regrets

Number attending ____

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This is exactly what we did too! I would like to see people try to bring unwelcome guests now! Haha

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Are you writing in the # of seats reserved or having it printed up with your invitations?

I'm writing the # in with a calligraphy pen. The ones are my grandmother's widowed friends who I know will try to bring their children and grandchildren with them (I'm talking coming with literally 6-10 additional people).

We actually only did the # thing because of them. Everyone is getting invited with a guest aside from them.

We are writing it in.

FHs family is from the mid west and they are use to very informal weddings where everyone is invited. We are worried that they will bring their children and relatives who are not invited.
At first I thought doing the response cards like this was tacky but now I feel like I have no choice.
I dont want extra people at my wedding... and more importantly I don't want people on my side to get offended that their children weren't invited and see other children there.