We have a hugh family. I have 5 sisters myself. My son is having his 1st Birthday party at a park in a shelter house. We are serving a full lunch, cake ice cream....I've hired a photographer, and we have tons of decorations. The invite list consist of about 50 invitations with about 130 individual guest. My question is Should I invite people that I know won't beable to make it? For instance I have 1 step sister that lives in Florida (we are in Indiana) Should I invite her and her family? I invited all of my other 4 step sisters. I don't want to offend her by her being the only one that doesn't get an invite, but I also don't want it to be a request for a gift, because it isn't! What should I do?
2007-09-05 09:26:18 · 3 answers · asked by Momof1 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
If it was me i would send one. So it won't cause problems. She may bring up you didn't think enough about her to even tell her and something along the lines. I've seen a lot of people put no gifts required, maybe you could do that to hers, but make it looks as if you probably put them in all. That way maybe she won't feel pressured to buy a gift. I was in the same situtation this past year for my son's. My grandmother asked me if she could invite some people i said sure, they didn't come but sent gifts to him the the next few weeks, i felt bad. So for my daughter i'm telling her to tell them no gifts required to come, just come and have fun.
2007-09-05 09:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by babygurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send her a card telling her you wish she could come, better yet call her and tell her about he party and ask her if she thinks she will be able to make it. Like you said he might not come but at least she will hear your voice telling her how much you going to miss having her there.
When you hang up just make sure she knows how much she is going to be missed but reassure her that you will send her some pictures to share the day with her. Maybe you can take one special picture that says Hello auntie______ We love you and missed you here today. That will make her feel good. So don't' send out the invite just call her like this it will not seem like you want a gift, it would look like you wanted a gift if you didn't call her and just send out the invite.
2007-09-05 18:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by LittleDaisy. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you should send her an invitation. In a situation like this, it just tells her that you are thinking of her and wish she could be there.
2007-09-05 17:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by missbeans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋