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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the previous posters that they were not asking about gifts, and answering with "Nope, we're providing pizza and cake!" is completely fine.

However, if we go along with the OP for a minute and assume, based on tone or whatever or the full context of the conversation, that they were hoping you'd offer up a "and no gift needed either!" response - OP, you can ignore that! People who ask questions or make requests in roundabout ways or insinuate things, etc, etc are the easiest thing in the world to ignore - just answer the exact question you were asked and feign that you didn't "get" the subtext. So in that case, the answer of "Nope, we're providing pizza and cake!" is still right. If they just ask "should we bring anything?" feel free to just say "I think we're covered - the play place is handling decor, and we're providing pizza and cake - but thanks so much for the thought!" and don't say a damn word about presents.

People can't "force" you to give an answer you don't want to give, and they certainly can't force an answer when they're not willing to ask the direct question. And since no one is going to walk up to you and say "so do I have to bring a present or what??" you'll be in the clear. [/quote]

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