If you are writing invitations, may I make a polite suggestion?

[melpomene]

Please put the day of the week on the invitation. (eg, "come to my party on Sun. 6 March", not just "come to my party on 6 March". (It's only 3 more letters.)

So many invitations seem to omit the day of the week, and I don't think I can be the only one who has to keep checking against my calendar to work out whether a party is on Saturday or Sunday. I also know that I'm not the only one who has ever taken a child to a party, only to find that we've arrived on the wrong day .

Last time I looked Saturday and Sunday had different dates. Perhaps your calendar is faulty?

Yes they do, I mean that if dd gets an invitation for a date a few weeks away I don't know automatically if it's saturday or sunday, I have to either spend time working it out or else go off and check it against the calendar.

I've only once taken my dds to a party on the wrong day (fortunately it was a day early, not a day late) but I know several other people who have done similar because they got the date wrong. Far less likely to happen if the invite says 'sat' or 'sun'.

Hardly a big deal is it to look at the calendar? Any how why don't you tell the offenders rather than offer your advice on here. I'm not inviting you to my party so ...

It's hardly a big deal either way, is it?

You may make a polite suggestion.

Apparently though the response is likely to be smart arse curt

That's all well and good though until you get an invite for Sat 3rd and Saturday is actually the 2nd. So, is the part on the Saturday, or on 3rd? And yes, it's happened to me.

But on the whole I agree with you. I like to have it all spelled out for me as I can often give an immediate answer if I know all the details.

I agree not a great big deal, but I thought that people came to this section because they are planning parties and want tips to make the parties better for their guests. So I just wanted to point out something which involves very minimal effort on the part of the host but could make things a bit easier for some of the guests.

OK, fair point .

You will be pleased to hear that I ordered DD's pary invites last week and they state both the DAY and the DATE of the party.

However, it wouldn't bother me. My phone has a calendar on it so I can check very quickly. And I always write party dates on to the calendar too. DD is almost 9y and not turned up at the wrong time/day yet.

I always put the day and date on. That way if I make a mistake it is more likely to be picked up.

We can;t do Saturday parties so I can also automatically look at an invite and think yes or no.

Will do. But don't even get me started on trying to get people to reply!