saying no to an invitation

[steve208]

hi there need some help with how to say no...my boss at work is having a post wedding party after getting married abroad. I really dont want to go as only one other guy from my department is going and would feel like a lemon if there is no one i know there. Can I just say that have something else on seeing some friends or something tho hav told the other guy who is going that i dont wanna go and he is close to the boss so scared he may tell her twas just cos didnt wanna go. anyway i am working all of that weekend apart from the night of the party!

[country_boy]

Just don't turn up and if asked why after, say "something came up" - if they pry just say it's personal.

[country_boy]

Or if asked, say you went home after work and was so tired you thought you'd grab a quick nap and fell asleep all evening. By the time you woke up it was too late to go.

[bobtheturkey]

tell him you cant make it your not under any obligation to give a reason, its out of work hours, hell i don't even go to staff meetings at work I'm famed for my non attending to the extent that they burst into a round of applause when i did attend one :)

[kazzianne]

I would just not go and if asked why say you went down with a sickness bug that day.

[madham]

Send a good luck card for the wedding and say you won't be able to go to the after wedding party and you wish them all the best in the marriage etc etc blah blah blah...

Unless of course you want to progress in the company, then get yourself a date and get going and make sure you don't get drunk, also if you're single you might meet some nice other single people.