Birthday Invitation Wording?

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I'm having a birthday dinner with a bowling party afterwards.

Guests will pay for their own meals (don't tell me about etiquette , we are a close knit family and go Dutch at events all the time)

After dinner the bowling party will be free for all people under 21 . The people over 21 ( the parents of the people under 21 ) will have to pay their own way if they want to bowl ...

What is the best way to word the invite so everyone knows the paying expectations for both events ( dinner and bowling )?
And DO NOT tell me about etiquette . Like I said , for the ppl I'm inviting this will NOT be a problem ... I just want to know how to word the invite.

Thanks :)

Answer
I guess I would write the invitation like this:

We will be going out to a birthday dinner. However, meals will not already be paid for so if you're a guest (or guests) you will have to pay for your own meal(s). After dinner, we will have a bowling party. If you are over 21 years old you will have to pay for yourself if you would like to bowl. Any person under 21 years old will be able to bowl free of charge.

Birthday Party Invitation Etiquette?

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I'm inviting about 40 of my closest friends and family to dinner and bowling with me for my birthday party.

The expectation is that all people will pay for their own meal at the restaurant - this won't be seen as an issue because (as a family) we do this all the time. The wording becomes interesting when we want to invite people to go bowling afterwards where all people under 21 will be paid for and people over 21 will have to pay for themselves .. The people under 21 are seen as my "guests" since I'm turning 16 so my mom said she will pay for them.

How do I word the invitation so everyone clearly knows the expectation for how their dinner and bowling night (in my honor) will be paid for?

Thanks .

Answer
I believe I would send out 2 sets of invitations to the appropriate parties and in the over 21 invitations, I would include a ''disclosure'' explaining the circumstances so that they understand the ''under 21's '' are included as special guests of you and otherwise the other guests are self-treating.....it is only polite to explain to the ''over 21's'' the stipulations of the event.

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