What Do You Say To.....

[chrissa1]

a good friend who has sort of invited her sister to a 30th birthday drinks and cocktail night, to put her off.
The sister is just an acquaintance and not a good friend, and to be honest, would put a damper on the whole evening.

[Psybbo]

Oh that's difficult

[chrissa1]

I know.

[emmie]

if it would make your friend happy, why not go with it, if you definitely don't want her , then best to just say to your friend you hadn't bargained or catered for more people?

[pixie373]

Is she that bad? Do you actually dislike her? Hopefully there will be enough people there to "dilute" her. You're in a bit of a tricky position! I would let her come.

[askyourgran]

As em suggested, it's a bit difficult but tell her that you are only inviting a few close friends.

[chrissa1]

That's it though. There was only going to be two couples.

[237SJ]

You might offend your friend if you tell her that you don`t want her sister there. I would probably just go with it and steer clear of the sister if she bothered me. You never know, she might liven up after a couple of drinks and be OK

[Eve]

Could invites be gone to those invited which states that it is invite only due to booking? Maybe more if a special area is being booked like a booth in a bar etc...

Are others likely to invite other people too, to run the risk of it being more obvious?

[emmie]

oh, that is a problem, best then to tell your friend that you don't want her there because of the numbers, two couples and one doesn't make a balance.

[woofgang]

well It depends on whether you want to keep her as a good friend and how good a friend she is now. A really really good friend would understand that she had misunderstood.