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Faith
Dedicated December 2010

Inviting those you hope won't come...

Faith, on September 26, 2010 at 1:31 PM

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Is anyone else inviting people that you KNOW won't come, or that you hope won't come, or both? Example: distant out of town relatives you never see, friends of your or FS's parents that you've never met, coworkers who you don't particularly even like but couldn't figure out a way to not invite? We...

Is anyone else inviting people that you KNOW won't come, or that you hope won't come, or both? Example: distant out of town relatives you never see, friends of your or FS's parents that you've never met, coworkers who you don't particularly even like but couldn't figure out a way to not invite?

We mailed out our invitation yesterday and it just struck me how many people I said "oh, they won't come" about....why do we feel we HAVE to invite all these people?

Short answer is we don't have to, I know, but I feel many of us do anyways.

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    Christine ·
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    I feel that it is very hurtful to be the recipient of a courtesy invitation. People know when the invitation is not sincere and its very distressing to make up excuses as to why they can't go to an event they know they are not welcome at. This has happened to me and I would much prefer to not have received the invitation in the first place.

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