Do I have to pretend I haven't guessed the surprise picnic?
Funny'Put the blanket in the car when she isn't looking,' my friend whispered while I was standing behind the kitchen door.
Then another friend asked, much too casually, whether I liked Saturday afternoons, parks and small sandwiches. I said yes to all three. I think I have detected a picnic.
They're arranging it to thank me for helping with a move. I like the thought and would enjoy it. But one organiser has asked me to invent a reason to go out on Saturday, and I can see the others getting tangled in excuses.
I could tell them I've guessed and offer to carry things. I could also let them have the surprise, though I don't want to perform an astonishment so large that it needs rehearsal.
What's the kindest way to accept the picnic without making their secrecy feel pointless or claiming that a car blanket has stunned me?