Un-invite the party animal, and don’t apologize.
Party animal
Dear Doug:
We live in a nice neighborhood and are immediately adjacent to a community park. Once a year, on "community day"at the park featuring rides for children, ethnic food and fireworks, we open our home to family, friends and neighbors. We provide food and refreshments, including some adult beverages.
Each year, one of the neighbors, John, tries to set a new personal drinking record. He begins drinking early in the day (starting with his own bottle) and by afternoon he is slurring and staggering. He openly pops prescription pills with the booze. He eventually embarrasses everyone by becoming rude, obnoxious and obscene. We've asked John to behave, but to no avail. We think we'll never hear the end of it ...
