Have you been invited to or gone to any in person parties?
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Anonymous
| We went to a driveway hangout last month with 4 other families. The social distancing wasn’t great and no masks, but we had all been quarantining for months and were willing to risk it and no one has been sick (or at least, no symptoms). |
Anonymous
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Invited but not attended.
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Anonymous
Got invited but called up the host and told her off. Not today 
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Anonymous
| Invited to a few for both us and kids and declined them all. |
Anonymous
| No. I have had two friends over, separately, for dinner on the porch. That has been as close as I have come to a “party”. I was invited to a baby shower tomorrow but am not going. Too many people invited. |
Anonymous
| We were invited to an outdoor birthday party recently. Lots of kids and parents invited. 16 kids plus parents confirmed attending. We declined. |
Anonymous
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I've hosted 2 outdoor gatherings and attended a lot of front yard BYO cocktail parties. I provided bottled water & wine for the gatherings at my house, with sanitizer on the table. No masks.
We watched 4th of July fireworks in our neighborhood cul de sac from our own chairs, distanced. DS has attended 2 distanced parties for classmates - didn't eat or drink anything there. |
Anonymous
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Hosting a backyard birthday party tomorrow for my daughter. No adults but me and husband, 2 kids, and 4 other kids who have been mixing with each other for the most part anyway.
I’ve been to several outside get together. Mostly just a handful of families. I don’t do zoom anymore, but I’ll meet up in person and wear a mask if asked. Did a meet up with my daughters best friend though in masks, outside, distanced, and it was so awkward and weird and she and her sister seemed almost impaired by the lack of interaction. I hope this doesn’t go on too long for the families who are being strict, bc this has to be very damaging to children’s development. |
Anonymous
PP, please don't worry too much. Children are more resilient than we adults often believe. Distanced meet ups, or lack of playdayes even for a long while, are not going to damage their mental health--unless we parents send them the message that they are fragile and being damaged. If we are hesitant and uptight, they will pick up on that even if we say nothing specific. There are posts on DCUM about kids' mental health being harmed etc. But kids adapt to any "new normal" better than most adults--if adults don't telegraph their own worries to their kids. (To be clear: I'm not referring to children with actual pre-existing mental or developmental or SN issues who are thrown out out of vital routines, but to posts where parents of children without those issues Are wanting more play dates etc.) |
Anonymous
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Invited to a few drive-by parties; one ended up being dozens of people and we left immediately.
Invited to a friend of DDs backyard birthday party next month -- huge backyard, 5 kids, each kid gets a blanket's worth of their own space. We'll go to that one. |
Anonymous
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Yes. For six weeks now.
Feels so much better mentally. |
Anonymous
| Nope. Whoops. D-listed. |
Anonymous
| Not for adults but yes for kids. No more than 6 kids and always outdoors. We were very strict for over a month but my child is now being treated by a psychologist so we’ve had to loosen our rules. There is no winning approach to this pandemic. Something will be compromised no matter what. |
Anonymous
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Wouldn’t call it a party, but we had a BBQ with one other family over July 4th.
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Anonymous
| Yes, invited a few times and have always declined. |