Jordan's parent texted. Friday night, their house, back Saturday at 10. You have Friday. The other parent has Saturday morning. If you say yes alone, Saturday's pickup is a surprise. If you drop "sleepover?" into the thread that still has last weekend in it, you will get a theory of your parenting and no answer about Friday.
Send the facts. Ask for one yes or no.
Small decision, complete facts
This is a decision if their no stops the night. Write it that way. If you already told Jordan's parent yes, say that in the first line — you are then asking for a bless, and they are allowed to be angry about the order.
Close the list: Friday sleepover at the Nguyens', return Saturday 10:00 at your place, or we decline. By Thursday noon, because they need to buy the pizza or not.
Write it for a cold reader who has never met that family:
- child's name and age, as if they might forward it
- full address and which door
- which adults will be in the house overnight, names if you have them
- other children, and whether anyone older is driving
- meds, inhaler, the food they will not eat
- your phone, Jordan's parent's phone
- Saturday morning: who picks up, where, what time
That is what a cautious parent needs. "They're a good family" is your read. Put it after the address, or leave it off.
Do not attach a screenshot of the text thread. Quote the invitation. Attachments are out of scope.
Do not try sleepovers as a lifestyle
The briefing is Friday. It is not "are we the kind of parents who allow this." If that is the real disagreement, it needs a call on another day, after this Friday is yes or no. Mixing them is how Friday dies in a philosophy.
Label guesses. "There will be no older kids" is what Jordan's parent said, or it is what you hope. If the assistant inferred a "typical sleepover" from a chat, cut the typical and keep the address.
A sufficient reply is "yes" or "no, not this Friday." One line. A condition — "yes if you do Saturday pickup" — is still a complete answer.
You approve it. They may only read mail.
Your private name for the other parent stays off the package. You review the draft. The session has your opinion of last weekend. That opinion stays.
They need no account. Email and a link. If they already have a RelayLink account, you need an accepted contact. A reply is how you know they have it. A fetched link is not a read. You will not see whether they have already texted Jordan's parent themselves — which is fine, and not a problem the briefing has to solve.
When the next invitation is sitting in a session, connect your assistant and send the address and the adults and one yes or no, instead of another surprise Saturday.