We have gotten some surprise no's back recently and it looks like we will have some open space at our tables. I started a new job in January, and so while planning, it hasn't been an assumption that they would get an invite. My former boss is coming from TX, because we really bonded, but I have been silent about things with my coworkers as much as I can. There are say 5 people I work directly with, other practitioners and office staff, plus their spouses/sig others, that I think I'd like to invite. (Well, really 4 but I really couldn't diss the one.) It's looking like we could do 10 people without breaking the budget badly. And, that's one full table. But that doesn't include my boss and her husband, her father who owns the company and works here, and his wife. Or the two women with offices in between. I can't very well invite everyone on this floor and not them. One of those women is the "real" authority, as she oversees the finances. That's 8 more, and 18 does break the budget. Plus, I'm not very close with any of them and do not particularly want it to be anything but professional between myself and that side of the hallway. Do I: A) invite everyone: the bosses need to come if I invite anyone
Just the 10: the bosses will understand C)Invite no one from work.