I'm throwing my mom a surprise birthday party for her since she's turning 60 this year. It will be a luncheon at a nice rental space in a restaurant that people use for showers and stuff. My issue is I don't want people to bring presents to this party. I know that some of her close friends will get her gifts anyway. That's fine. Would you put something about "no gifts, please" or "Your presence is the present" on the BACK of the invitation? She'll be very happy to just have an afternoon to socialize with her friends.
Yeah, I'm with Rock on this. Etiquette says not to say anything about gifts on an invitation. But, if you truly don't want people to bring something then I think you need to spell it out. So I think including No gifts please is fine.
We've had parties for DS and DD for their birthday and baptism. They are really young and don't need a lot of stuff. Plus I don't want people to feel obligated. I put on the invitation, "We sincerely request no gifts."
Normally I'm all about etiquette and I was thinking about it being on the back of the invitation but now I'm leaning more towards just leaving it off. I have an RSVP on it, so maybe it would be better to just mention it when people call.
Maybe you could include something like "(Mom) has been so blessed/lucky to have all of your in her life that your presence is the best gift she could ask for" ? Or just a simple, no gifts please.
Post by liveintheville on May 13, 2013 13:14:15 GMT -5
I have no problem putting No gifts, please. We just had Kid 2's bday and I put it on the invite. The other 3 year olds haven't complained about the lack of etiquette yet.