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" My husband and I want to throw his mother a sixtieth-birthday party in a private room at her favorite restaurant. How do we word the invitations to make it clear that the guests will pay for their own meals? We don&amp;#039;t want them to be surprised when the time comes to divvy up the bill. I&amp;#039;m afraid you&amp;#039;re the ones in for a surprise. When you host a party, you pay for your guests&amp;#039; food and drink. It&amp;#039;s that simple. Now you have several options: You can cut back the guest list or change the party&amp;#039;s locale to make it more affordable. Or, you can convert your hosted party into a night-on-the-town gathering of friends and family. When calling people to invite them, say, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re meeting next Saturday at the such and such restaurant. It&amp;#039;s a little Dutch-treat get-together for Mom&amp;#039;s birthday.&amp;quot; Just be crystal clear that you&amp;#039;re not the hosts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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