RSVP- Rice and Stew Very Plenty

Just married or about to wed? There is always a plan for every wedding and that plan begins with the invitation card...
A lot of nigerians have been guilty of the RSVP (respondez s' il vous plait) which literally means respond if you will come let's make your reservations.. but not in Nigeria not at all it means Rice and Stew Very Plenty, and you can tell by the names and number provided by the couple in charge...

Most wedding cards RSVP is just to show how connected they are or one rich uncle or relation that will be sponsoring the wedding.. so in most cases you get a wedding card and you look at the RSVP it's the name of some highly placed individual in the society who knows little or nothing about the wedding preparations or why his number is placed on the RSVP list...

Sometimes we mistake this part of the wedding card to be names of chairman and members of the prestigious high table so it is very proper we fill them in..
I on the other hand wouldn't cast much blame to people who fall into this RSVP trap cause that is what they have seen people do and they on the other hand do not have any concrete plan as to how many people they are supposed to house as guest...

A lot of people get angry when you don't show up at their wedding whether invited or not, they don't care if the hall was flooded with people or if the food did not get to everyone it is not important what is important is that they have a mass attendance at their reception... in fact wedding crashing is not an option on the other hand they will pray as many people as possible crashes the wedding to the ground because the number of persons present at the reception could tell how successful the wedding is..
Because you don't have a plan you decide who gets your souvenir by the number of wedding gifts you get...

The real idea of an rsvp is to know the number of persons you are planning to receive as guest that way you can plan towards that number in terms of feeding and souvenir so you can be able to know the size of your budget but hell no I've seen people distributing wedding cards like it's a concert flyer and most times they forget the hall is supposed to hold just 200 persons but they want 400 in attendance

Next time you get a wedding card try calling the rsvp to make your reservations just to see if they are aware of their duty post...
Well for now i'll just rest my case and wait till Saturday when i'll be crashing another wedding..