Party Invitation Wording Sounds Off

@katcarneo (1433)
Philippines
April 24, 2013 8:54pm CST
So today I got a party invitation for a 6th birthday party and it says "Instead of bringing gifts, please bring school supplies that we can donate to kids who are not as priviledged as us!" While certainly it is great that this family wants to give instead of receive, I just wish they had written on their invitation "kids who are less priviledged" instead of "not as priviledged as us!" The latter sounds like the family's being well off was unnecessarily emphasized. I was reminded of my brother's wedding 3 years ago when they wrote on their invitation "It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life!" My mother thought it was horrible, but knowing the personalities of the couple, I found it funny and fitting. I'm sure the lederly in the family didn't feel the same. Maybe the priviledged friends of the earlier mentioned family didn't find anything off about the invitation wording, but I did because I do not have a lifestyle like theirs. (By the way, I am not being invited as a guest, I'm a supplier and I got the invitation to use as a guide in decorating their candy buffet.) Did you ever receive an invitation that sounded quite awful to you? What did it say?
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 18
Well I haven’t received an off sounding invitation yet. Everyone I know seems to be too generic to have anything off to say. I did receive an interesting one from my friend’s 30th birthday party. She said “Turning 16 with 14 years of experience!” Now that’s a good way to laugh at age!
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
10 Oct 18
That's cute! I remember when I was in high school, for every female teacher who was celebrating her birthday, the official greeting on the bulletin board was "Happy 18th Birthday!" If you came closer to the bulletin board you'd see an equation indicating the real age of the teacher, in very small text, next to 18. Something like "Happy 18(x 2 + 10)th Birthday!"
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 18
@katcarneo Haha now I have an idea on how to top my friend’s birthday invite for my birthday this November.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
11 Oct 18
I rarely get any invitation, because being a sailor, I am mostly away from home.
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
25 Apr 13
I am sure they didn't mean anything negative by the wording...they probably didn't give it a second thought.
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
The worst I've got so far is a wedding invitation saying the couple prefers monetary gifts. I know they're just being practical, but it's inappropriate and sounds a bit rude. It makes me feel like I'm being invited to pay their wedding costs. Based on my research, the best way to let your preference known to your guests is by spreading it through word of mouth. I recall being invited by a couple who also preferred cash gifts. But instead of saying it directly in their invitation card, they wrote that they would be living overseas after the wedding (the couple work abroad). It gave us hint that giving them traditional gifts such as appliances would be bothersome. I think their method worked very well.