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Q & A – What if You Don’t Get an Invite to Your Friend’s Dinner Party?
Q. My friend did not invite me to a dinner party and invited some other friends. I was hurt and angry and I told her that I was not happy and she gave an explanation I did not buy. Did I handle this right?
A. Your friend is free to invite or not invite whomever she wants. Even if it hurts to be excluded from this particular invite, you cannot dictate to your friend who to invite. Making your friend feel bad for not inviting you is not etiquette. Your friend had her reasons and you should accept them or try to see it from your friend’s point of view. It is perfectly normal to feel hurt if we feel that we were wronged or left out, but by saying something, we are also hurting someone or embarrassing them. If you are close to this friend and you really want to say something, do not say, “how come I was not invited to your dinner party”, but say something like, “I heard you had a dinner party last night, how did it go or who was there”, and she might give you the explanation you need.
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