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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP reminds me of a friend who didn’t send me an invite to her baby shower because she thought I’d feel out of place as I didn’t know anyone else there. Why assume? Just invite and see what the other person says. Maybe they would’ve said no. Or do they stay with you and so you didn’t want them to spend the night? [/quote]

What she meant was, she knew you wouldn't know anyone there, and she didn't want to be stressed out about making sure you felt welcomed, included in conversations, and got introduced around.  I've been there, with guest lists before.  I solve it by making sure I invite an additional 1-2 people that do in fact know the friend in question, but if there were space constraints, and 19 out of the 20 people are old friends from high school and the 20th is a work friend who has never met anyone before, it sounds exhausting to me as a hostess to invite that work friend and then spend half the party making sure they don't feel out of place.  Because as a hostess, that responsibility does in fact fall on me. [/quote]

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