Son wants everyone dressed in black for his Star Wars party - Too much to ask of others?

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Anonymous wrote:I swear I feel like this town (this forum?) is composed only of former Alabama sorority sisters.

Agree! Roll uh tide, right?!

I'm not in any way a former sorority sister or from the south, and I also don't buy black for my kids and wasn't allowed to wear it as a child. It's pretty common. I could care less if other kids wear black, I just don't think it's a good color for little ones.

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NP here, didn't have my first black item of clothing until I was a teenager. In my mother's case, she and her friends viewed this as a social class thing, whether they stated this explicitly or not. No black, no two-piece swimsuits, and no pierced ears until maybe 12. It was not a religious or southern thing. It's looser now, much like the "rules" on white after Labor Day have loosened, but the same thinking still guides many of us who were raised that way. I don't judge others for putting their kids in black, but it is not a color I am looking to dress my child in.

What made you decide to follow the lead of your mom and her friends on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swear I feel like this town (this forum?) is composed only of former Alabama sorority sisters.

Agree! Roll uh tide, right?!

I'm not in any way a former sorority sister or from the south, and I also don't buy black for my kids and wasn't allowed to wear it as a child. It's pretty common. I could care less if other kids wear black, I just don't think it's a good color for little ones.

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NP here, didn't have my first black item of clothing until I was a teenager. In my mother's case, she and her friends viewed this as a social class thing, whether they stated this explicitly or not. No black, no two-piece swimsuits, and no pierced ears until maybe 12. It was not a religious or southern thing. It's looser now, much like the "rules" on white after Labor Day have loosened, but the same thinking still guides many of us who were raised that way. I don't judge others for putting their kids in black, but it is not a color I am looking to dress my child in.

What made you decide to follow the lead of your mom and her friends on this?

What an odd question. It is a matter of personal taste and the culture I was raised in. You do you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would put "Star Wars or black attire suggested." and leave it at that.

Those who are interested in joining can find something. Those who can't or don't want to can still come to celebrate your son's birthday in whatever they wear.

This. It's very gracious and is the way most events with a theme or dress code handle the issue on invitations, and most people generally go along with it if they can without major logistical problems.

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Anonymous wrote:if you do mention it on the invitations, please don't use the word "attire" as suggested above. that would be more inappropriate than the suggestion of wearing black. oh my.

Why???