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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've had people say things like "we don't have room in our budget for more extracurriculars this season," or "we're limiting going out to eat for budget reasons, but would you like to come by for hot chocolate after dinner or do a hike next weekend?

I've had to say "our travel budget is limited this year, so we're doing a staycation for spring break. Thanks for the invitation and can't wait to hear about it!"

If you just declined I'd think you didn't like us or want to hang out.

If anyone judges you for having a smaller budget, well, they might not be the nicest people. Their loss.[/quote]

OP here- thanks for this. I definitely think that if they know, they will be super gracious about it. Especially when it comes to all of the camps and sports for the kids. We aren't in a position to send our kids to several multi-hundred dollar a week day camps AND play on more than one sports team in a season. [/quote]

I guess I’m wondering why you want to tell them about your finances?

I think you could just as easily say: “Thanks, but Larlo is going to be doing two weeks of camp this summer and we already chosen camp A and Camp B. But looking forward to the kids hanging out on the weekends!”

We have a very high HHI but just don’t value really expensive meals out as much as other ways to spend money, so unless it’s a really specials occasion we don’t do couples dinners out (we expect our part of the check to come to $250-400). I don’t mention our budget or our priorities, just politely decline and say that we would love to have them over for brunch/dinner/whatever. No one wants to hear about our different priorities.

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