RSV-Passe? Custom's decline spells hosts' vexation
In this Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 photo, Marjorie George poses at her home in Durham, N.C. George wrote an op-ed on the subject of RSVP for her local newspaper some time ago. George wonders whether busy lifestyles have begotten a culture of not committing, even to a few hours of socializing. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)By Jennifer PeltzAssociated Press / December 17, 2010
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NEW YORK—It's become an acronym for a host's frustration: RSVP.
Really, Seriously Very Peeved.
From casual get-togethers to catered affairs, the once-common act of replying to invitations has become an often lost and much lamented cause.
Parenting and bridal blogs seethe with tales of tracking down invitees like festive fugitives. Electronic invitation systems try to streamline head counting but sometimes just turn into a public display of ambivalence (Yes: 2. No: 15. Maybe: 147). Newspaper columns have bewa