No siblings birthday- how to word invitation?
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Anonymous
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Hello,
We are having a birthday party for our son in a rather small space and would like to limit it to his friends only, and no siblings (except family from out of town). The more siblings I include, the more of his actual friends I would have to exclude. How do I word the invitation so as to not be rude? |
Anonymous
| "No siblings" |
Anonymous
| Right, but isn't it rude to just say 'no siblings'?? |
Anonymous
| "unfortunately space is limited so no siblings please" |
Anonymous
On the contrary, anyone who assumes siblings are invited is being incredibly rude. |
Anonymous
| "No crashers". |
Anonymous
| Space is limited - no siblings please! |
Anonymous
| Your Snowflake's siblings are not invited. |
Anonymous
| how old is op's child? |
Anonymous
| OK, so here is another complicating factor that I did not think about. There are two families where my son is friends with two of their kids. (In one case we have a family with twins that are in his preschool class, and in another case my son is in between the ages of two of the kids so plays with both of them). So- it's really only for three or four families where their siblings wouldn't be invited. So how would I clarify this? Do I just send out paper invites rather than evite? |
Anonymous
| 11:12 I do not understand how the info you included here complicates anything. Invite your kids' friends. Boom. Done. |
Anonymous
It complicates things because if I put a blanket "no siblings allowed" clause on an evite, how do the families know which kids it applies to and which it does not? Do I send out a clarifying email to the parents beforehand indicating that the no siblings does not apply to them? |
Anonymous
that sounds reasonable. |
Anonymous
Invite the kids by name. |
Anonymous
Just do paper invitations. So much simpler. And let people know they can call, text, or email you their RSVPs. |