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Originally Posted by widgeon13
The SO's shouldn't show up unless invited by the host and then I would say all partners should be invited. Pretty rude to just bring them along and exclude some others because their companion thought it was impolite to come without an invitation.
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Bingo. As a result future invitations should make it clear that this is a lunch for co-workers only.
There are two possible scenarios a) the spouses were friends with the retiring worker, in which case they should have arranged their own lunch on different day b) they were freeloaders.