Quote: I ran through folks from my part of the list who have confirmed and asked NG how he got on with his. He said he was waiting on one couple and that was it. Now, one of the other folks on his list did ping me to say she could not make it, we happened to be emailing about a work related issue. NG does not know she was in contact with me. I asked NG again if he had invited anyone else, and he said very clearly NO.
From where I'm standing, it looks like one of three things:
1. He simply forgot about her 2. She replied to him already, and while she was talking to you about work stuff remembered and decided to tell you, too 3. You asked if he'd INVITED anyone else, and he misunderstood the question to mean, "anyone else you didn't already know about."