Work Christmas Parties

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If you or your other half have work christmas parties - are partners invited??

I also go to my DH xmas party but where I'm working this year it is a formal christmas bash but partners are not invited?? I feel really mean ....

What could be more tedious than someone else's works do? Yuck.

At my work I don't think partners are invited (I'm not going anyway)

At dh's partners are invited to all three (one where it's all the company, one for the foremen and one where they do a childrens party), but they do all get together for a lads only night out

no partners not invited
it would be so lame if everyone turned up with other halves and have to make small talk with people they don't know rather than just gossip about work
why do you feel guilty?

at my last place of work, partners weren't invited, our boss used to pay for everyones meal (it was a small company) but my new place, dp's are invited but you pay for yourselves. dp really resented that he was invitied and as such im not allowed to go to his xmas parties, the one time i actually did go, his boss was really drunk and disgusting so last year and this year im not invited again.

im not going to my work places xmas party this year, im covering the night duty so it got me out of going.

I am not working anymore so don't have the issue but DH's is with partners and I can't think of anything worse. Have avoided it so far here. And it is on a Saturday which pisses me off. DH hasn't been in the 3 years we have been here either.

I think Xmas parties are only fun if they are your own.

Partners are not invited to my work do. But it's on December 1st when I will be at the Mumsnet Christmas party so it doesn't matter.

dooley1 - guess I feel guilty because we don't really manage to go out that much and have always really enjoyed christmas time when we go out loads together. Will feel strange getting all dressed up (its a blk tie / cocktail dress event) and going out by myself - still it will be a great night and I'll be able to mingle without having to spend all night worrying about him I guess.

I do lots of work-related events, as does DH, we made a mutual agreement to limit ourselves to one per week, so we have time for other things in December. The odd event includes partners, and one is for the whole family, so we definately attend those.

Where I work partners are not invited and where dh works it is the same, saves finding a babysitter for 2 nights out just before xmas.

at our office party parners are invited. I quite frankly this this is pointless - i have no inclination to meet the other halfs of people i work with, they will not know the inside jokes, the languae we use and the politics of the organisation - if i were invited to dh's then i would soundly decline. I haven't invited my dh becuase i want him to pick me up and drop me off.

i think its bollocks i don't get it.

No, no partners

Thank god

My work's do is in a nice hotel, yes partners are invited, we always stay overnight. His do is blokes only (building industry) they usually go for a curry & drink loads, fart, belch & puke! I act as taxi driver.

No partners arn't invited to dp christmas party, but he is not going again this year because like last year his party is the friday before christmas ie 21st december.

dh work do- no paqrtners, held at lunchtime. My work do - now, what do? I'm self employed. in the past, some have been big bashes with all and sundry invited some have been meal out with just colleges.
nearest I will get to a work do this year will be the mums and tots annual dinner in Feb. Partners welcome if they come to mums and tots.

At dh's work do, partners are invited. They pick a different hotel each year usually. They pay for the meal and wine on the tables for everyone. Usually the bosses buy drinks afterwards too so doesn't usually cost us much.

Where I used to work, partners weren't invited and you bought all your drinks yourself.

Thanks for starting this thread btw...I keep forgetting I'm meant to be looking for a hotel to stay in for dh's xmas do (pref cheaper than the one the party is held in )

This will be my first xmas at my work so going to make the effort and go. Its at a football stadium food and drink all free and for partners too so my dp is going to.

Dp never goes to his work xmas parties

I've always thought colleagues' other halves were the whole point - fascinating to see who they're with. Eg I have quite a dark horsely buttonedup bloke colleague who turns out to have the most fabulous charismatic wife (cue total revision of attitude to colleague).

Yes, partners invited - full black-tie/long-dress job.

Dh's is tonight

I am on mumsnet, ds is in bed - house is a nightmare.

I'm largely not going because the place doesn't do gluten free food and dh didn't organise a babysitter - I have nothing against his colleagues.

I am a volunteer and we get a Christmas bash paid for (no alcohol), this year we can bring partners, but I think dh will stay home unless the one bloke he actually knows is going too.

I am self employed so I will invite dh to my christmas party - a couple of bottles of wine and a takeaway. I don't think it will be tax deductible.

I've gone to all but one of dh's Xmas parties - and the one to which partners were not invited was tedious, he said. He was certainly back early! Once or twice his employers (different ones) have proposed a partner-less Xmas work do, and have had to change it because the employees objected.

OTOH, he has never come to any of my work dos, as partners were never invited to them. I don't know whether anyone ever objected, but they were huge, company-wide dos, so no chance of changing.

I wouldn't want to go to dh's work do even if it was partners invited (apart from the fact he doesn't go either!)
We just have Christmas lunch and then finish early on the last working day before Christmas so no partners to that.