It’s his party; you can cry if you want to

Suppose you were running for governor of California, and your opponent was a
world-famous movie star, and you were kind of a nerd.

Your opponent, the movie star, is charming and rich, and if he threw a party
a lot of other movie stars and famous people would come. In fact, he’d
probably throw the kind of party that would break your heart if you weren’t
invited.

But you, well