I am battling with the people designing my wedding invitation right now. Up until now, I have rolled with the flow, I am not picky at all, but, this I have a problem with and we are both standing our ground..When does "evening" begin? Currently, the invitation reads "half past five in the afternoon".
Last year on my wedding date, the sun set at 4:55, so it is dark. How can 5:30 be afternoon if it's dark. I think it should read evening. She is basically refusing to put "evening" invitation unless I change the start time to 6pm.
Is this crazy?? I know it's crazy that this is the one detail making me crazy when I haven't cared about one other thing. I even booked my location site unseen.
Any thoughts?
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Haha....I do believe that the evening starts at 6pm, HOWEVER, I think the printer is being silly that she won't change it to 'evening' unless you change it to 6pm. YOU are the customer and paying for a service, so if it is what you want, then there should be no argument. A suggestion perhaps, but not an argument and a refusal to print it.
No no no... evening is subjective and changing. It is the period of time beginning when daylight begins to decrease due to the sun setting, and ending when the sun has set - or so I was taught.
Since I don't have a farmer's almanac and I have no idea when the sun starts to set, I think of 12:00-4:59 as afternoon, 5-7:59 as evening, and 8:00 on as night. Then again, I am also not an anal retentive wedding invitation printer.
I just think "afternoon" seems too casual, whereas an "evening event" sounds more formal, which it is.
Oh good God. I can't believe this debate has consumed my afternoon.
I think she is going to win, I'm going to change it to 6pm.
But, I['m with you 66. I think it should depend on when the sun sets.
I think that cracker is whack. 5:30 in the evening, and if she refuses to put that down, then demand your deposit back!
Beloved wiki: "Evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing, between the late afternoon and night, around the time when dinner is taken. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin just before twilight, sunset, during the close of the standard business day, 4 pm – and extend until night – typically astronomical sunset, 9 pm."
Yes, it's stupid, but that's the lingo in the wedding world. A 6 pm wedding implies an entirely different dress code than a 5:30 pm wedding. Not that any guest knows that or even cares these days.
Dearest-
Evening begins at one of two times: the end of the work day 6pm or at "astronomical night" 9pm.
I consulted Emily Post and 5:30 is afternoon. But if you don't like it, change it. Unless you're having white tie and tails there is no reason to need Miss Emily.
Thanks all, this helped. It's off to the printer.. "Six o'clock in the evening". Score one for ettiquette.
wow, the things I am learing while doing this wedding. (that I'll never need again except to critique future invitations I receive)
It seems like the invite designer is having a problem remembering who is paying who to do what. She's supposed to make you happy, not argue about semantics!
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