Keep Calm and Cry On

No?  That’s not how it goes?

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Coulda fooled me.  I’d like to think of my wedding mantra as:

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Or, in my case…cry a lot.  At least as of late.

We are 17 days from our civil ceremony and 37 days from our big wedding.  Yeah.  I think it’s safe to say that Mr. Socks and I are feeling the pressure.  Snapping a little at each other, me bursting into tears at any given moment (Usually after saying something like “why can’t people just be NICE to me??”), Mr. Socks freaking out every Sunday about all of the things we should have done the previous week…

We’re two big messes.

RSVP’s are supposed to be in soon and we’re missing quite a few.  Like…the difference between having 45 people at the wedding and 75 people at the wedding.  I know many brides can relate to this frustration!  We aren’t sure how many of these people will actually come, either.  It’s much more nerve-wracking to not even be able to guess who is coming and who won’t be able to make it!

Many of our cute RSVP’s that ARE coming in are rather…blank.  I know, right?? Who wouldn’t want to fill it out?

Even the front where we left room for a happy little note?  Blank.

Come on, people!!  I know that it’s a little different/untraditional, that you’re busy (or devoid of a personality in some cases), but seriously??  I’d even be happy with a “Congratulations!” but no such luck.  We’ve gotten a few great responses, but more often than not…they’re coming in blank.  It makes me feel like no one will appreciate any other details in the wedding, and honestly, my feelings are quite hurt over this.

I know that people like safe and traditional things, but are most of our guests so unwilling to roll with the punches and have fun?  It’s not an exceedingly difficult questionnaire that would take more than three minutes to fill out!  It’s not like these are distant relatives we sent them to, either!  These are our closest blood relatives.  I’ve shed more tears over this than I’d really like to admit, and it’s gotten me pretty down.

I’m trying to focus on positive things, but still…I’m getting that naggy voice in the back of my head that keeps whispering “nobody cares…nobody cares” every time I think of a detail I might love and that others won’t notice or appreciate.  I’m spending way too much time and money on these details to only have them be appreciated by you guys, my wonderful blog readers, right?

I love my family.  Mr. Socks loves his family.  But right now, we’re pretty bummed about their reaction to our RSVPs.

Did a cute idea you love backfire with your relatives?  How did you handle it?