Her friend responded, "You're going to say something more tactful, aren't you?" Ms. Stegman said: "I changed the wording on the invitation to something like 'celibacy.' I didn't use 'virgin.' Even I was embarrassed".
In a country where reinvention is considered a birthright, a certain type of loss — perhaps especially a "paper" loss, of net worth rather than irreplaceable life — may even seem an invitation to something better.
We got an invitation to something called a "Happening" tonight, which claims to offer a "sincere, sometimes lunatic, one-off ephemeral experience".
He'll probably text all your mutual friends asking if he should have gotten an invitation to something and wonder whether you hooked up with anyone he knows.
This disturbance may be a random phone call I wasn't anticipating, an invitation to something I'm not interested in, an e-mail with questions I can't answer or someone who needs an "urgent" favor.
This makes it less of a question and more of an invitation to something you are already planning on attending.
For example, if you're invited to something repeat the invitation back to the person who gave it, like "The Blue Mouse Theater at 6? I can't wait!".
Even the issuing of a news release to announce the invitations to Ms. Rice and Ms. Moore was something of a surprise.
Ramsay was delighted that his win would lead to invitations to bigger tournaments, something he hoped would further help improve his world ranking.
Well, now it's 18 years later, and we have an invitation to do something in China.
