rsvp

so society struggles with rsvp'ing. thats probably too much of a blanket statement and generalization. but i think people really do have a problem with it. i feel i can say that because im one of those people and i have a problem with rsvp'ing. but in the past few months i have had a few occasions where i needed people to rsvp and they didnt. and it was somewhat frustrating. yet just last week i realized i did the exact same thing that people do to me when i didnt rsvp. well, i did, but super late. my friends were throwing a birthday party and i was sent an invitation a week in advance and i knew right when i got the invitation email that nellie and i couldnt go. we already had plans that we couldnt get out of that night and we just werent going to be able to go. i knew that as i was reading the email. i could have immediately responded and said that we couldnt go. instead, i waited until the afternoon before the party to rsvp. better late than never i guess. but pretty much worthless at that point. which made me think about rsvp'ing and why people dont.

assumption: you know what they say about assuming things. thats right. somehow it both turns us into donkeys. granted, many times, assumptions with rsvp'ing are valid. like my family assuming that they dont need to rsvp to our wedding. they didnt, it was a valid assumption. i knew they had bought plane flights from seattle or just that they were coming and i could assume they were going to come so we should buy them a plate for the luncheon. but tons of other people didnt rsvp. we had no idea how many people were actually going to show up.

a good rsvp'er is ryan darby. its as though he has planned many events in his day. he'll always respond. we invited him to run a race with us in april, fully knowing that his wife is due to have a baby within a week of the race. we knew he couldnt run, but we still wanted to invite him to let him know that we wished he could run. anyways, of the 10 or so people we sent the email to, he was the only one to respond. the only one.

anyways, there are other reasons people dont rsvp, but while writing this i started getting bored. im realizing that this is probably one of those things that you think about while at work or while waiting for people to rsvp to some sort of event you are trying to put together, but when you place your thoughts onto paper, or a blog, it turns out to be pretty boring and lame thoughts to actually share with other people. really not that important or interesting. so one day, if we are ever stranded on a desert island or on a road trip and we have exhausted all other conversation topics, i suppose we can resume this one. of course, if it ever gets that bad, maybe we should just pull over for snacks, or start swimming instead.