Doing this for my friend (a) who has found herself in awkward position. Another friend (b) is looking for venues to host her new sales business (think tupperware-type thing). Friend b is being very pushy to get friend a to secure a pre-Xmas date and invite family and other friends. Friend a was obviously very supportive of friend b starting this business but is really not keen on the product herself and is very reluctant to put her own family friends in awkward position by asking them to come to this party and making them feel they have to buy something. She also knows she'll end up forking out for food, alcohol etc if it does go ahead. How does she gently let her down? I've suggested she leaves it for a bit and then says that she's spoken to friends and response has been a little lukewarm and so many are already busy in run up to Xmas but that sounds like quite a lame excuse. She needs to word the let down sincerely and sensitively although it needs to be final too. All correspondence has been by text so far so a text reply needs composing. Any suggestions? Friend b prone to taking things a bit personally and getting upset so really does need to be kindly worded so there's no big fall out.