I have just received an invitation to a party:

[Swedes2Turnips1]

To Derek and Mavis, Please come to celebrate our engagement on 9th December
12.30pm for 1pm
"and all your children (Jimbob, johnboy, Maryellen & Elizabeth) are welcome to come too".

Love from
Couple with no children

Obviously we are pleased to be invited but are the children invited or are they not invited, not really?+

If they are invited why not
To Derek, Mavis, Jimbob etc?

Am I being unresonable in thinking this quite hilarious?

Surely, if the whole family were invited and you decided not to take the children that is up to you and not needed specifying on the invite? Just ring and ask if it is going to stress you.

I'm with Twiglett - I think you are reading way to much into this, after all I bet they had a lot of invites to write! Your kids are defintely invited. Stop looking for hidden meanings and enjoy it

I had a chat with MIL last night. Apparently they would rather the children didn't come. The party is a buffet lunch for 10 adults - plus our 4 children if they come (there are no other children). I am going to take my 4 month old and get a babysitter for the rest.

agree with newgirl and think that an extension is 'bloody hell, better invite the kids too or we'll look rude' is probably closer to the truth. Sorry, I don't think they really want them there...

My newly engaged friends asked my dh and I to their party and said quite specifically, 'get a babysitter so we can have a knees up'

In any event, they are trying to do the right thing in their funny, no kids, blissfully in love kind of way.