You pick your kids up from a drop-off party ON TIME

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

NP. That is quite a reach, lol. Did you know where the venue was when you RSVPed yes? You did? Then stfu and show up on time to get your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Did it occur to you that they may have actually tried to make your inconveniently planned party work for them and may haven’t done such a great job?

Why are you inviting kids to parties if you or your kid don’t care if they’re there or not? This is like the kid version of destination weddings.

It’s not like these parent forgot their kids. 20 min should not be a make or break for the party planner. Yes, it’s rude, but so it making your party out of the way so that it forces some kids to not be part of the group fun and out on the fringes of their peer group.

And your “cute” answer says all it needs to say about you.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Did it occur to you that they may have actually tried to make your inconveniently planned party work for them and may haven’t done such a great job?

Why are you inviting kids to parties if you or your kid don’t care if they’re there or not? This is like the kid version of destination weddings.

It’s not like these parent forgot their kids. 20 min should not be a make or break for the party planner. Yes, it’s rude, but so it making your party out of the way so that it forces some kids to not be part of the group fun and out on the fringes of their peer group.

And your “cute” answer says all it needs to say about you.

If it’s inconvenient or a stretch or it will be tight, simply say no. It really is that simple. I’ve said no to parties that don’t work for us because we had other plans and it would have been tight.

Your child was invited. We’d love to see Sally. If it doesn’t work for you, that’s fine! We’ll either have 9 kids instead of 10, or we’ll invite someone else. It’s really not that deep. You are acting like this is a huge burden. That’s fine, just say no. The party will go on and everyone who does attend will have a great time.

My cute answer is way cuter than your attitude that YOU, not the birthday kid or their parents, knows best and should be in charge of how a freaking 10yo celebrates their birthday. Wow, how do you have time to go to work and get your kids to school, what with all the invitation proposals that must cross your desk for approval before other parents are allowed to book a skating rink or an escape room.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

I can control never inviting your kids again. We have plenty of polite, reliable families in our circle. Too bad for your kid that you are out.

-DP who has a huge social circle

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

Not PP, but do you show up 20+ minutes late to get your kid from parties?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

This will work exactly one time until people get your selfish number. So yay you for having the kid nobody invites to their party.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

This will work exactly one time until people get your selfish number. So yay you for having the kid nobody invites to their party.

+1. I feel sorry for those kids, but we all know Those Parents, and they are not included. I once had a parent show up half an hour late to pick up from a play date. No text, no call, no apology or acknowledgment. And (shock) no reciprocal invitation to a play date for my kid to go to their house. They are off the list, which is a shame because the kid seems nice. But they can see each other at school.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

Not PP, but do you show up 20+ minutes late to get your kid from parties?

If you have read any of the thread, I've said repeatedly that I do not. But I'm firmly in the camp that getting worked up over small things in life (like a 20 minute inconvenience) is not a healthy way to live, especially when it's something you cannot control. I hope OP can find some inner peace one day and not spend her life annoyed at people.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that this is only something overwhelmed parents of little kids get worked up over. Parents who are not used to spending time around other little kids (and maybe not even their own kids.)

This is such a nothing burger. (And no I'm never late.)

At a home play date, this is fine and 20 minutes would not phase me. In the designed-to-be-overstimulating environment of a trampoline park, where I’ve treated your kids to an expensive experience as well as food, pick your kids up on time, or at the very least, call or text. You seriously don’t call or text if you know you’re going to be late? That is so rude.

Sounds like its too expensive and overstimulating for you, so maybe you shouldn't host there. For most kids in this area, 1 hour at a trampoline park is not a rare or special activity. Sorry to burst your bubble.

And again, I'm not a late person. I just think you are nuts. Or in way over your head.

I can’t believe you are defending those who are late without so much as a text. No manners.

Good luck with your life and spending all of it in a constant state of annoyance at others! It's healthier just to relax and let the little thigns go.

I don’t consider other people’s time to be a “little thing”—I respect it.

I do too. Which is why I won't be late picking up. But I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over 20 minutes. Do you and OP spend your whole life irate at bad drivers and dumb coworkers too? At some point you have to let $hit go.

+1

Also, your kid doesn’t have to have a party across town at a facility that takes parents forever to drive to, in the middle of the day, with nothing around there for them to do other than wait somewhere they don’t want to be or possibly run late to pickup just so they can salvage some of their time trying to complete far flung errands at that time.

So while they may have been rude being late, were you rude in planning your party, not considering THEIR time? Your kids may be friends so they don’t want to say no, but working it is a challenge that perhaps they failed.

[Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands”]

If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no
It’s an invite, not a summons
So don’t act like a curmudgeon
If an invite doesn’t please you, just say no

[Ms. Rachel sing-song voice]

Yayyy, friends, we have choices and autonomy! We can use our words and make decisions that work for us! Yayyyyyyy!

Looks like the late parents took their autonomy and decided to get there when they could. And nothing OP can do about it but stomp and pout online. Sing all the dumb songs you like. You can't control other people, you can only control yourself.

Not PP, but do you show up 20+ minutes late to get your kid from parties?

If you have read any of the thread, I've said repeatedly that I do not. But I'm firmly in the camp that getting worked up over small things in life (like a 20 minute inconvenience) is not a healthy way to live, especially when it's something you cannot control. I hope OP can find some inner peace one day and not spend her life annoyed at people.

NP. You’ve “said repeatedly” something on this thread? When your point is to let things go because holding on to things isn’t a healthy way to live? You’ve “repeatedly” shrilled about how you can’t control others? LOL, oh the hilarious hypocrisy of it all. Here you are on a days-old thread, making the same points about letting things go, over and over? On a holiday? :lol: