how do you "politely" exclude children on the invitation?? There will be no alcohol, but most of the guest will be 60 and over
Knowing most 80 year olds they would get more joy from the children in attendance than the adults.
just sayin'..............
RSVP ###-###-#### Adults only please!
It depends entirely on how / what your doing. If it is at a place of business I love the
"due to space limitations this will be an adults only event"
or it also works if it is being held at someone other than families home.
but if this is an event that your inviting family to it could get hairy.
When we had my mom's surprise birthday party the kids were the life of the party. It was a great celebration. My mom had sisters and a brother there, they were older and had never seen the great grand kids. There were also collages of all the grand kids and great grand kids. They played and posed for tons of pictures.
I think if you don't want kids at the party then you should have it at a place where kids are not allowed such as a room in a club or something. That way you don't have any issues.
I'd also say this was an adult only party or say something we're inviting those 18 and up.
You sure you want to do that usually, elderly folks love having young ones to celebrate with them.
If you address the invitations to the adults in the household (Mr & Mrs Smith or Ms Jones & Mr Smith) then those are the people invited. If you invite the Smith family that includes children.
Just say that this an adults only celebration. Our good friends (who have 2 young kids) have an adults only birthday party every year. They have it catered, serve fancy mixed drinks, and everyone (including them!) gets babysitters.
I would just say
Adults only, Thank you
Or
This is an adult only event, Thank you
Well, if you address the invitations to "Mr & Mrs Firstname Lastname," I would hope that they would have the sense to know that the invitation is only for those whose names are on the invite. I never assumed that my kids were invited anyplace unless an invite was addressed to "Mr and Mrs Firstname Lastname and Family" or "The Lastname Family." But if you feel that people will not know any better, then I guess it would be best to just write "Adults Only Celebration" on the actual invitation.
