A woman who made 'sorry you can’t make it' cards for guests who failed to meet the RSVP deadline for a wedding was trolled - by strangers who called it "tacky" and "harsh"."

Nishma Mistry, 39, put together a draft message to send to family and friends who fail to RSVP - after seeing the "frustrations" of fellow brides."

Nishma - who has been married for 14 years - runs the Asian bride Sorority and was constantly hearing from brides irritated by guests who hadn’t let them know if they were attending their wedding.

South Asian weddings often have hundreds of guests and several days of events, Nishma says.

She remembers being frustrated having to ring around all of her 550 guests to see if they were coming so she could sort catering and table plans.

She wishes she had thought to send a message at the time and decided to helpfully put together a draft statement for brides-to-be.

It reads: 'We’re sorry you can’t make it to our wedding.

'Our RSVP deadline has passed and you unfortunately did not respond.

'We would have loved to have you attend but final numbers have now been turned in and your presence will be missed. Bride and groom.’

Despite some calling it "tacky" and "harsh", Nishma had lots of support from brides."

Nishma, a marketing manager, originally from London but now living in Atlanta, Georgia, US, said: "I see the frustration of not getting RSVPs back."

"I thought let me draft something."

"I got some criticism of it being a bit too harsh."

"People are saying it is a bit tacky."

"But people have the invite for four months. It's inconsiderate."

Nishma admits the wording may need perfecting but backs the need for it - especially in South Asian wedding culture.

She said: "Everyone is allowed to have an opinion."

"In South Asian culture there are often 500 people and several events."

"I had 550 guests. The wedding ceremony was one day. The reception was one day. We had a pre-wedding event with 200 people and a civil wedding."

"I had to call everyone and ask 'are you coming?' "

"It was such a waste of time."

"You have a list a size of your arm to get done and you're trying to appease everyone."

"People don't realise the importance of responding back."

"I don't think anyone had to RSVP in our culture before. I don't know if it was an etiquette."

Nishma says she got a mixed response but many brides could resonate with it.

One said: "I absolutely love it. The people have a problem with it are the people that would not RSVP."

Another said: "No I wish I did this. Even people who did RSVP didn’t show up it made me so angry thinking about all the money we spent on them."

Nishma said: "Lots of brides replied saying 'I'm stealing this'."

"If I was getting married now I'd tweak the wording and send it."