Other day my friend sent me an e-invitation on Facebook for his Nikkah. I thought its pretty cool idea as you can send a feedback if you can come or not and maybe a small comment, congratulating him. I mentioned that to a friend and she thought that its not a correct and formal way to invite someone.
What is your opinion about it ? Is future touching us too early ?
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hmmmm
No harm in sending E-invitations to friends. Family should be given proper invitation tho, thru invitation cards, over phone or giving invitation in person etc.
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OMG, imagine how much money and paper it saves! Plus, your RSVP's are so much more prompt.
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^^ Thats what I thought too. But I think some people think that its not personalized enough of a way to deliver a message that big.
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Cheap. I am an old fashioned guy. If I invite anybody to anything significant in my life or in the family, it is always a phone call or at the very least a card. I personally dislike websites like facebook and the others before it. They are impersonal and lack character.
And e-invite is like hooking up for a one night stand on an adult website on the internet.
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i like it :k:
its way better than getting your card printed in Pakistan and then scanned it to your friends. 
(even though if my friend just send an email it would be way better than scanned card atleast)
ps. its always interesting to see how cheap ppl can get.
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I like the idea only when used as a Save the Date type thing for formal occasions.
For casual parties, I think its extremely convenient.
For instance, my cards came late from Pakistan but I wanted to make sure people marked down my dates on their social calendars. So, I created a private group on Facebook but used it as a Save the Date.
When I got my cards, I sent out the formal invitations.
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Environmentally friendly way to do it. I like it.
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Even i like the formal way... printed cards. And I don't mind having save the dates or sumthin on facebook...
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Good idea!
With internet bride, internet marriage is next step.
Just type: yes, yes and yes! Wipe the screen after you kiss the bride!
A marriage certificate will be on its way by e-mail attachment.
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For parties and informal gatherings Facebook is fine. For a wedding, I would prefer a proper invite; none of this texting business either.
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i think e-cards are fine but NOT through websites like facebook or that, saves paper and us as well, u dont have to meet/talk with so many people just for that....but as far as inviting khandan waale is concerned, that shud be done in person.....
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***Its a fine way to invite someone to a birthday party but a wedding is a special and significant enough event to warrant a personal invitation .
Sending an e-card just depersonalizes the whole nature of the event , its like saying we invited you but we don't really expect you to come !
Other day my friend sent me an e-invitation on Facebook for his Nikkah. I thought its pretty cool idea as you can send a feedback if you can come or not and maybe a small comment, congratulating him. I mentioned that to a friend and she thought that its not a correct and formal way to invite someone.
What is your opinion about it ? Is future touching us too early ?
I know someone who did htat once, she wrote the date nad info in a facebook note and tagged her freinds and said they'rea ll invited lol
I dunno. its kind of weird and cheap to be honest. though if it was a sudden thing i could understand. Even tho my freinds couldn't come to my wedding, i mailed most of my invitations (gave some to them personally)
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So what I got out of the discussion up till now is that for informal events its fine to send an electronic invitation, but for more formal sort i.e. wedding its good to send a snail mail or may be a phone call.
I think as a society we are still far away from adopting Internet as more formal way of communication.
Thanks everyone for their input. :k:
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A couple of questions to all those who say this is 'cheap':
Is there any evidence that ties expenditure on the wedding with marital bliss?
Is is important to do things 'properly' (as accepted by society) or do things the way the couple wants them done?
'Cinderella dreams: the allure of the lavish wedding' is a good read on the subject.
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i think its ok for parties but maybe not for a Nikkah...well if the nikkah was a little thing with only a few people it might be ok..but not for the ACTUAL wedding..id rather have a card that i can hold in my hand
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A fb invi is all nice and good but I would like the paper invi too, maybe because I love designing and am always for interesting ideas, themes, etc. ALso, a paper invi is just a little more personal even if it is not anything glamorous...something very simple....
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An e invite would be a good reminder or save the date but I think some things should remain classic like the wedding card. Regarding cutting costs, who says you need to spend tons on embellishments and parchment, go for recycled paper with clever fonts.