Anonymous wrote:I'm planning a surprise birthday party for my DH. I want to organize a dinner at a restaurant, and then have everyone come back to our house for cake, drinks, desserts, and hanging out.
Anyhow, I am going to send out an evite, but how do I get it across that the dinner at the restaurant is dutch, and we're not paying for everyone's meals? My sister seems to think that the guests will all think that DH and I are paying for their dinners. Personally, I wouldn't assume that from getting an invitation like that and would assume it would be dutch. Is she right? Will they assume that we're paying for them?
How would you phrase this on an invitation to make it clear that we will all be going dutch?
You don't. You're the host. You pay. Anything else is just a social faux pas and rude to boot.
Your sister is right, by the way.