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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a single older women. For my birthday, I would like to meet friends for dinner at a restaurant. How do I invite them without suggesting I am picking up the tab for the whole group? [/quote]

It's so rude to do this.[/quote]

Not if it's done right. OP wants to celebrate her birthday by not being alone. If others don't know it's a special day, they may not make the effort to be available that day. I remember my widowed mother wanting to do this to mark the 50th anniversary of my parents' wedding. She kept asking individual friends if they could go to dinner on that date without stating why, but all had plans. My brother wasn't even keen on it because he didn't see the point. But it was important to her and she was trying to mark a very special occasion and memory with a dinner with someone, not home alone.

The Fudrucker's commenter offered a perfect way for OP to pursue. Honest, friendly, and very much not rude. If her friends say they'll treat her and she really doesn't want that, she can easily say 'no no no, I just want to celebrate with you. Everyone take care of their own.'[/quote]

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