July 21st, 2010
Fogjazz49-Retired asked: Need help from the Emily Post types…!
This is a business event being hosted by a nonprofit. We invited some VIP’s as our guests and clearly made the invitations individual to them only, addressed to their offices not their homes. But a couple responded back that they will attend with their wives! I think it was really rude of them to try to inflict uninvited guests on a small nonprofit with a tight budget, but how do we politely set this straight without offending important leaders in our profession?
No, we are not soliciting donations from these VIP’s. They are the only invited guests who are not paying, and other donors are paying for their seats. We can’t go back to the donors and ask them to ante up for someone’s uninvited spouse. And in this city and profession, business dinners of this nature are very common and spouses are never included… its a collegial thing for members of the profession.
Ardyth
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