Advice Miss Manners: Husband's insistence on an early bedtime makes for awkward wording on dinner invitation Published: Jun. 26, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

I have received an invitation to a dinner/shower which, across the top in big letters, states: “Couples only.” I am not in a couple, and haven’t been for some time.

How can I tactfully word the invitation so everyone knows I’m inviting them to dinner, not treating them to one? I don’t want anyone to be embarrassed due to assumptions or expectations.