Former classmate invited himself to my birthday party

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There's a guy who was in my class this year, we've talked a bit but we aren't close. We message sometimes on an acquaintance level. He asked about what I'm doing for my birthday over text and I accidentally let it slip that I'm having a party. He automatically asked if he could come. I told him that I have to keep the number small and that it was gonna be mostly my close friends. He somehow still thinks he's invited because he keeps asking what he should bring and more details. I didn't answer those or give him the address because I don't want him there. He knows some of my closer friends and I'm afraid one of them may have given him the address or invited him without my knowledge. He is somewhat socially awkward with no friends group or close friends but I don't consider him a close friend nor do we have enough in common. How do I tell him once again he isn't invited without sounding rude or should I just keep quiet and not tell him the address/other details?

This is a tough one being that you don't want to hurt his feelings but let him know that

"I really enjoy spending time with you but I really feel that since we don't each other that well, I don't really feel close to you. I would feel better getting together on another time with a group of my friends and I have already invited everyone who I want to have there."

You could also be assertive with your close friend by mentioning that you feel like this person is trying to invite himself to your party and hadn't planned on inviting him and not to giving them your address.

I would just repeat to him, that you have to keep the number, small----like, if you haven't, already, blame it on your mother (LOL); that she said you could only invite, so many. Say: "Sorry----maybe, next time", and just hope there ISN'T a next time!!

Meanwhile, I'd be texting all of the people I'd invited, and telling them NOT to let him know the address, cuz you don't want him, there.

Good Luck!! Let us know what happens.....

I let my friends know the other day not to tell him or anyone else who wasn't invited the address. He is under the impression that everyone from our school(my now former school since I graduated this year) is going to be there. He also thinks that everyone is going to be drinking but we are all underage and my parents said they aren't giving alcohol since most of us are underage. I told him again that there won't be that many people and that my parents are strict about that and the no alcohol thing since they don't wanna be responsible if anything bad happened. The party is tmrw so we'll see how it goes!! Thanks for the help guys

Could you offer to join your acquaintance apart from your party, maybe at a cafe to make up for not including him at the party? Spend some time with him, he might appreciate it and you, and you might make a new friend.

So you never actually said he couldn't come?

It's too late to tell him that without sounding rude and ignoring him and not telling him details will also come off as rude. And if he really has no friends and is socially awkward, it will also probably hurt his feelings pretty bad as well.

Really you should have told him no in the first place if you really, really didn't want him to come. I guess at this point it would be better to just say 'actually you can't come.' so he knows and isn't waiting till it finally dawns on him that you're purposely ignoring him so he doesn't know where or when the party is..but yeah I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't seem rude.

Yeah no, you don't want someone like that attending if he is looking for alcohol. He sounds very wild and you seem to be very smart in putting your foot down.