Three friends and their husbands was more than doable; he'd mostly stipulated that he got to choose the guest list because then he could curate it to be someone the actual host of the country party liked. Asking someone to host a country party for friends, but technically in Oz's honor, was a much easier ask than asking them to host a houseful of people they couldn't stand as a special favor.
"I get veto rights on the friends," he said, and nudged Sina with his foot through the blanket. "Not some — mediwitch intern, or something." What he mostly meant was that she had to invite people who belonged at a country party, not anyone from the poor, unwashed masses she interacted with on a daily basis — but if he made a specific rule, he thought she might try and find a way to abide by the letter of the law while flouting its spirit, just to irk him. Keeping a veto in his pocket was the safer route.
"I get veto rights on the friends," he said, and nudged Sina with his foot through the blanket. "Not some — mediwitch intern, or something." What he mostly meant was that she had to invite people who belonged at a country party, not anyone from the poor, unwashed masses she interacted with on a daily basis — but if he made a specific rule, he thought she might try and find a way to abide by the letter of the law while flouting its spirit, just to irk him. Keeping a veto in his pocket was the safer route.
MJ is the light of my life <3