Tacky or not?

[MM27]

No mention of male strippers...TACKY

 

[katiebug86]

Not only is this invitation tacky, it's also kind of rude. You cannot come if you don't wear a cocktail dress, you must spend the night at the hotel, you MUST bring gifts.

These girls sounds like the inspiration for the movie "Mean Girls." "On Wednesdays we wear pink" or "You can only wear sweatpants on friday"

I think it's so rude when people put "rules" on their invitations.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

This is beyond tacky. It's very greedy and what are they going to do if you don't wear a cocktail dress? Send you home?

I'd just turn down the invite.

 

[pigletgirl]

Oooh, that is bad. They better rethink their party imo.

 

[JessicaR]

No mention of male strippers...TACKY

Thats the only thing that could have saved this party for me...

 

[Ember]

Ignoring the poor grammar (okay, I can't - but I won't indicate it)...

Tacky tacky tacky. You're absolutely right. I would have said that even if you hadn't used the word in your thread title.

1) Gifts for a bachelorette party? Since when? The first time they're mentioned, I took it to mean the guests would be receiving gifts - either from the hostesses or from the brides. You know, like those swag bags given away at awards ceremonies? Of course, the next time 'gifts' are mentioned, it's clear I'm wrong. Tackier still is to provide any suggestion of what is and is not 'acceptable' for a gift one didn't expect to have to give!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) "...plan on staying the night at the hotel to alleviate the cost of the rooms"?????????? Huh??? Huh??? Yes, this part of the 'invitation' deserves a double-huh. No option? No advance notice? No choice? No PRICING? Alleviate for WHOM???? If nobody stays at the hotel overnight, nobody has to pay anything for any room or portion of a room. This one has be 100%
3) The hostesses are "sorry for" guests invited to both weddings who are innocently suckered into the concept of having to bring gifts for bachelorette parties? No. They're not. If they were, they'd have left out gifts COMPLETELY. Again, I've NEVER heard of gifts for this. EVER. NEVER.
4) Cocktail dresses are a MUST? Really? Because....? They're afraid these mature, intelligent (enough to know NOT to bring gifts ) women don't know how to dress? They don't want to be embarrassed by someone dressed 'wrong'? They're going to send inappropriately-dressed attendees home to change (then make them guess where/how to catch up with the rest of the party)?????

I agree with all of this.

So many weddings these days are all about getting gifts. I'm sorry, but greedy people suck.

 

[bballmom56]

I would be declining that invitation. Then I wouldn't have to deal with the gifts, the dress and the hotel. Tacky? Yes.

 

[crashbb]

All right ladies it's time to put on your cocktail dress and join us on Saturday May 1st for Katie and Carrie's (not real names) Bachelorette Party. The fun will begin at *insert restaurant name" for dinner, drinks, and OF COURSE GIFTS! We will then head out for a tour of the downtown bars. The night will then end at the *insert hotel name here*. Please plan on staying the night at the hotel to alleviate the cost of the rooms.

When buying gifts you are only required to buy for the person who's wedding you were invited to (Sorry if you were invited to both). They request nothing naughty and absolutely no lingerie.

And remember ladies, a cocktail dress is a MUST! Hope to see you there.

I don't even understand what the bolded part means. Did they book a bunch of rooms and are trying to reduce costs by sticking more people into them?

 

[JessicaR]

I don't even understand what the bolded part means. Did they book a bunch of rooms and are trying to reduce costs by sticking more people into them?

Yeah, that part makes no sense what-so-ever! I thought that the first read through too.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Well, if you can stand it, another vote for the invitation as well as the plan for the Completely Tasteless.

If someone other than the brides wrote the invitation, I might even consider penning a response saying that I didn't have the appropriate attire and since my "standard bachelor party gift of a silk pegnior set" was not wanted, I'd be foregoing the pleasure.

Otherwise, I'd simply send my regrets and be unable to attend.

 

[mjkacmom]

I think you should be the bigger person and go, wearing a track suit, wrap up a pair of granny panties, and hire a limo to take you home at the end of the evening. I sincerely hope the invite to mine didn't sound like that!

 

[mjkacmom]

Well, if you can stand it, another vote for the invitation as well as the plan for the Completely Tasteless.

If someone other than the brides wrote the invitation, I might even consider penning a response saying that I didn't have the appropriate attire and since my "standard bachelor party gift of a silk pegnior set" was not wanted, I'd be foregoing the pleasure.

Otherwise, I'd simply send my regrets and be unable to attend.

I can't imagine the brides wrote this! Who invites people to their own!

 

[flamingglobessigmund]

It's a greedy gift grab, is what I think.

 

[iwrbnd]

I wouldn't go! Doesn't sound like a group I want to hang with anyway!

 

[pezheadmeg]

Tacky, no question.

But go, so you can come back and let us know how it was. I'll even loan you my sequined cocktail dress. I bought it on 75% off clearance for an occassion just like this one!

And I would give the granny house coat as a gift, they go cheap after Mother's Day.

 

[redlight]

Clueless.

 

[taximomfor4]

wow. I am going out on a limb, and guessing whoever is hosting this dual party is new to the whole bachelorette party scene. And I really hope the brides never find out about that invitation!

And GIFTS for bachelorette parties? Never seen or heard of any, except the smattering of raunchy gag gifts the hostess gives to the bachelorette.

ETA: I tend to not attend the bach parties, nor the showers, nor baby showers. I generally send a gift with my regrets, but I really just don't LIKE showers. Who needs that many THINGS??

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

So far beyond tacky I can't imagine what they were thinking. I don't know what kind of gift to give the brides-to-be, but this would make a nice hostess gift to the inviters:

 

[ZeitgeistDuck]

Tackalicious, but its been done before. I've been in weddings before where the MoH or bride demanded a limo or party bus, a hotel room, etc and expected all the girls to chip in. It would have been fine if I'd been 22, working, no responsibilities and lots of money; but by this time I had a 3 mo old, husband, house, and my money couldn't be wasted on a party.

I always bring a gift to the bachlorette party, but it would be a couple of pair of those VS "sexy little bride" panties or some little tasteful but slightly naughty trinket or whatever.

If I got an invite like that I wouldn't accept, or maybe I'd go for dinner and a drink but not for the whole night.

Bachlorette parties are just not for me, really.

 

[luvmy3]

I don't even know where to begin... there are several degrees of tackiness in one invitation!

...and since when do you give gifts at a bachelorette party!?!! Especially after multiple showers?!! My head is going to explode.

LOL, who are these chicks? Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton?

I don't know why but this made me laugh hysterically out loud I think your use of the word "chicks" is so appropriate, I get this mental vision of these two bachlorettes and its chock full of tackiness.