Your question makes no sense. Do you have two friends that are having parties on the same day and you have to choose? Or you have a party scheduled on the same day as your friend? Please proofread what you write before you hit post, so you can get some helpful answers. As it stands … Read more
Just tell them---it's not your fault that you got an invitation so close to the time of the party.
No.
Nothing that I have ever learned or done has ever been a waste.