How to politely say “no siblings” invited to my sons bday party?

[Anonymous]

People be crazy when they assume you are having a party at your home for everyone entire family.

[Anonymous]

I hate it when siblings aren't mentioned. I've been to quite a few birthday parties with DD and then they ask where my son is! I would have brought him but didn't know who was allowed. I think invites should always mention siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh I feel like such an idiot for not anticipating this.

It happens. I had the opposite problem when I had an only. Almost no one came to her party because I didn’t expressly say siblings were welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People be crazy when they assume you are having a party at your home for everyone entire family.

At my school the default assumption is siblings come. It’s sufficiently part of the culture that no one would pick a venue that didn’t accommodate everyone. At DD’s precious school the default was no siblings tho and as I just posted, we got a very low yield when I didn’t put that siblings could come.

[Anonymous]

Write back and say, I'm so sorry, but due to space constraints we can only accommodate Larlo. Cap the evite limit now.

[Anonymous]

We have received invitations that clearly state "No Siblings" in a variety of polite manners. One of my friends has twin boys and had to figure out what to do with her other son. There was no drama, it is just what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just sent out an evite to my sons 4th bday. We are having it at our house, which is small, and only invited the kids in his preschool class. We didn’t want 50 people at our house and intentionally didn’t invite our friends with kids or any neighbors to keep the guest list small. I guess I made a mistake on the river and didn’t realize you could cap the number of people, but now one of the parents immediately responded with a yes for him and his son plus his two other kids! His response “I hope it’s OK we bring the whole family.”

How do I politely say no that’s not OK. We don’t even know these people.

You can reply tot he message "I am sorry, but the venue is small and we are limiting the party to invited guests only, no siblings."

[Anonymous]

Is it a drop off party?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just respond honestly but politely - "I'm sorry, but our house is small so unfortunately we have to limit guests to kids in Larlo's class."

I agree, and do it ASAP and change the invite. The longer you wait the more awkward it will be.

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And go back edit the invitation and re-send it.

"Due to limited space, no siblings please". (short and simple).

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Like right now.

[Anonymous]

It’s a party for a 4 year old. 6-8 would be plenty. 20+ would be a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

You say, "no siblings are invited.". No need for apology. In fact, they should apologize to you for being so presumptuous!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting this. I’m contemplating the same for my 4 yr old. We are getting charged for every person who attends over the age of 1. I’m not a cheap skate but space wise we have a 12 kid max and 20 adults... we don’t have room for siblings and any kid over the age of 7 will be clawing their eyes out in boredom..

So what do I put in the invite? 1 kid, 1 parent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, we can’t accommodate entire families. This party is just for the preschool class.

That would be a drop off party.

[Anonymous]

Is it drop off? I don't understand how you can have "no siblings" but also not drop off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it drop off? I don't understand how you can have "no siblings" but also not drop off?

Most kids have another parent. If not, I guess they have to decline.