Re: b-day party ettiquette

In article <N7adnUSJrq-myJ_anZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ericka Kammerer
says...

redblaze83@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Which goes back to the
origianl question, do you take your kids because you want to go, do
you ask if you can take them, do you not?

It is absolutely legitimate to ask for clarification if
the invitation isn't clear. Hosts who aren't clear should expect
to have to deal with the inconvenience of having to answer people's
questions. If they don't like it, next time they can be more clear ;-)
You don't ask if you can bring your kids. That's fishing for an
invitation. You ask the host what he or she intended. That's
perfectly fine. You shouldn't *have* to do that. Even a casual
invitation can and should make it clear who's invited. But if
the host hasn't done his or her job, then there's no problem with
asking for clarification. And really, what else are you going to
do? Making assumptions is almost always a bad idea!

Just to be abundantly clear, it should not be presumed that spouses or S.O.'s
are invited as well, no?

Banty

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