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Party - Who Pays?
For husbands upcoming birthday- I want to host it at our favorite small town restraunt! BYOB restaraunt and prices are ver reasonable! amazing food! We do not have children and like to celebrate with friends for brithdays!
How do I gut across to friends that I will be picking up the dinner tab- but everyone should BYOB? or should I just have a bunch of food ordered and put out on a buffet and just make one drin- say margaritas? it is mexican food!
It's just me but I am very old fashioned and would never invite people out to a meal and expect them to pay.
ideas?
Re: Party - Who Pays?
I think people gathering to celebrate is FAR more important than who pays. Pretty much anything is fine as long as you tell people in advance. (No one wants to be surprised with BYOB when they get there.) You know your friends best, so use your judgment. Do you want to provide alcohol? If so, I would use wording like this:
Join us for Dinner and Margaritas at XYZ
(If margaritas aren't your style, the restaurant is BYOB, so feel free.)
If we expected people to pay for us every time they suggested we go out to eat, we'd never get invited, and I would never expect someone to pay for me. Like I said, the gathering itself is the most important thing to me.
I agree with Julie. As long as you are specific with what will be served at the party, no one will have a problem.
"Joins us for a celebration... food and non alcoholic beverages will be provided" or "food and margaritas will be provided".
Enjoy the party!
Though, they're hosting a birthday, so it's different than going out to eat with friends on a Friday for no particular reason. When I throw birthdays for DH or DS, I don't let anyone bring anything, because it's a celebration that I am hosting for them. KWIM?
I would figure out what you want, and can afford, to provide, and then word the invite accordingly. The wording from the pp is good, though I would plan on having a bottle or two of wine and some beer on hand as well.