My Friend Is Throwing A Birthday Party...

Normally I am straight forward, but in this case so as not to embarrass your friend, I would send my b-day present early so as to make my friend remember me. But I would not just show up at the party.

I think both you and me are tolerant persons,i will forget all about it too.

well... i am really sure that if that person is your friend then he/she definitely might not have forgotten you... on the other hand... if the person has really forgotten to invite you.... then he/she never really considered you as a friend...

You are between a rock and a hard spot, I think you friend has a good solution, I am sure that it was just an over site and will be remedy soon. Is this a real good friend that would assume that you would know your invited with out a personal invitation? I hope you have a wonderful time

I think if this happened to me, and the friend was a really close friend, I wouldn't hesitate to pick up the phone and enquire politely whether she'd forgotten my invite or not. It can sometimes be that a close friend will just assume that others know they're invited. On the other hand, if the friend HADN'T forgotten the invite, and had decided for whatever reason not to invite a certain person, it might actually lead to an awkward situation. I would suggest that your friend call up this friend and offer birthday wishes in advance, and then maybe he/she could casually ask if they're doing anything to celebrate. That way, it leaves an opening for an invite, or for the friend to lie and say no, and avoid a potentially embarrassing situation.

I'd forget about it - unless it was FOR me! It maybe for someone that isn't a friend of hers so that just because the friend is having the party doesn't mean that you know the guest of honor. If you mean she's having the party for herself - I'm sort of out on a limb there.

I think it’s quite normal that we might miss out some friends when throwing a birthday party. In this way I might give her some hints and never ring her up as this would be quite embarrassed to do so.

I suppose it depends on the closeness of these friends. If they are really close, the friend might have just assumed that the other friend would just know that she is invited. In that case, it would hurt to ask about the invitation. If they are more casual friends, the affair might be a rather small one and as a result she had to pick and choose a bit more carefull who to bring. In that case, then asking might be awkward. If it really is killing your friend, then she should say something. I wouldn't call and bring up the issue directly, but maybe ask questions around the issue first to test the water. She can call her friend and ask about what she is doing for her birthday and hope that she will say something like "Well don't you know about my party? You're invited." However, if the party does not come up in conversation, I say let it go. Also, I wouldn't push the matter too hard either. I'm sorry to hear about this situation though. I hope everything works out in the end.

If he or she happens to be a close friend of mine,then i would not hesitate to enquire on phone.They might have forgotten or perhaps would have told me later.If he isn't a close friend ,then I would not ask and neither fret over it. If a person feels bad and doesn't feel comfortable asking ,perhaps she can ring up on the previous night of the birthday and wish her friend after 12 AM.If she forgot to invite her ,then she will correct it as the party is likely to comeup.If not,then at least she would know that she wasn't invited by her friend.