Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for August 22, 2010
August 21, 2010
August 23, 2010
Transcript:
Mom: Coupon...sale...reminder...coupon...special...AACK! AN E-VITE TO A WEDDING! THE END OF CIVILIZATION IS HERE! "Click here to vote on the bride's dress." "Click here to view a live feed of the bridal party's mani-pedi spa day." Click here if you want to fly across the country, rent a car, rent a hotel room and buy a gift for a couple WHO COULDN'T SPEND 44 CENTS ON A STAMP! No calligraphy! No engraving! No fancy paper! No tissue inserts! No self-addressed, stamped envelope for the precious little reply card! Just a link to a wedding website full of "courtship videos" and a place to post your own comment. YES! We WILL be posting a comment! HAH! We're so happy for you! We'd love to come! God bless you and your beautiful future together! They can reject my traditions, but they'll never squelch my heart. Dad: It cut you off. Your comment could only be 65 characters.
NE1956 over 13 years ago
Click here to delete the e-invite.
lightenup Premium Member over 13 years ago
Ta-cky. The only way this is okay is if the bride and groom live in a virtual world. I wouldn’t even respond to an invitation like this. Or I would send them a virtual gift.
WebSpider over 13 years ago
Sorry, but your wedding invitation got stuck in my spam filter…
mergendeiler over 13 years ago
It’s just as well this comic strip is ending. What used to be a great “woman’s perspective” story has now become a lame comment on obsession with electronic devices.
Gypsy214 over 13 years ago
Mergendeiler, so in other words, it’s now from a MAN’S perspective- since they’re usually the obsessed ones?
Have to admit that if someone sent me an e-vite to a wedding, it would be immediately deleted and they would NOT have either the pleasure of my company or a gift from me. E-vites for casual get-togethers are great - not for a wedding, though. What will be next - e-vites to funerals?
jcc21 over 13 years ago
Actually, since funerals happen quickly with very little advanced notice (the obit is usually in the paper either the day before or the day of the wake) e-mail is a good way to get the information out quickly to a large number of family/friends/co-workers, etc.
BananaSlug over 13 years ago
I don’t believe anyone’s ever taken it that far, but I agree that an E-invite would be very tacky and impersonal. And also impractical; it could accidentally get chucked in the spam folder, someone could neglect to check their email, or, as Gypsy214 said, simply not come.
When I get married, I’d like invitations to be as personal as possible.
Iwa Iniki over 13 years ago
I just put mine in spam.
APPLESCRUFF over 13 years ago
UGH! Or as Cathy would say: AAAACCCCKKKK!!!!! Beyond tacky. When I got married, I was thrilled picking out beautiful invitations with response cards & matching thank you notes - the works!
Kaytebb over 13 years ago
Wait a minute… the strip is ending?!!! Noooo!!!!
Kaytebb over 13 years ago
After you all said it was ending I looked it up and found this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/business/media/16cathy.html
I’m so sad now!! But she has certainly earned her retirement for all the laughs she’s given us. Thank you!
ububobu over 13 years ago
@lightenup: Great concept, a virtual gift for one lost in cyberspace. LOL
lindz.coop Premium Member over 13 years ago
Unfortunately, not all that far fetched!!
avonsalis over 13 years ago
Some would say that civilization ended when they started putting self-addressed stamped envelopes and precious little reply cards into wedding invitations!
I recall the indignant Harrumphs from Miss Manners when one no longer need write a sweetly polite acceptance/regret note upon the finest stationery in blue or blue-black ink by the end of the day following receipt of the Invitation.