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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: Is there a tactful way to shorten the guest list for my 21st?

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1 November 2014

9:00 AM

1 November 2014

9:00 AM

Q. I am organising my 21st birthday party at our family house in Italy. It is a fantastic location, but it means that I can only invite about 20 guests. The result of this is that I am unable to invite a group of friends from a university society of which I am a member, despite several of them having invited me to their parties.

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