Would you cancel a party for a runny nose?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

Don’t go to parties if you can’t afford to catch a cold. Not being snarky but that’s just how it is. My kids got the baby sick all the time pre covid - I get it.

No! Jesus, it’s so fricking easy to warn your guests and is the polite thing to do.

Give me a break. If you take a bus, go to work, pick up groceries - you are constantly exposed to a cold. That’s part of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

[Anonymous]

I think it kind of depends on the guest list. Personally I don’t care about something like a runny nose if it’s someone in my kid’s pre-K class. I feel like they are constantly exposed to each other anyway. But I’m still pretty cautious about seeing people outside of that circle and will do so only under certain circumstances, so I’d like heads up if not a class friend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

Do you call other parents in the class when you send your child to school with a runny nose? If not, what’s the difference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

Don’t go to parties if you can’t afford to catch a cold. Not being snarky but that’s just how it is. My kids got the baby sick all the time pre covid - I get it.

No! Jesus, it’s so fricking easy to warn your guests and is the polite thing to do.

Give me a break. If you take a bus, go to work, pick up groceries - you are constantly exposed to a cold. That’s part of life.

Those aren’t examples of a host of a party inviting people over to their home!! Give us all a break and learn some basic manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

Do you call other parents in the class when you send your child to school with a runny nose? If not, what’s the difference?

Not comparable at all! First, I don’t send my kids to school with colds. Second, school is essential and parties are not. Third, you donot invite anyone over to your home without telling them that your child is sick!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

Don’t go to parties if you can’t afford to catch a cold. Not being snarky but that’s just how it is. My kids got the baby sick all the time pre covid - I get it.

No! Jesus, it’s so fricking easy to warn your guests and is the polite thing to do.

Give me a break. If you take a bus, go to work, pick up groceries - you are constantly exposed to a cold. That’s part of life.

Those aren’t examples of a host of a party inviting people over to their home!! Give us all a break and learn some basic manners.

The point is that when you exit your home, there is a level of risk involved. That’s true whether you go to Chucky Cheese for a party or head to the local library.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

Do you call other parents in the class when you send your child to school with a runny nose? If not, what’s the difference?

Not comparable at all! First, I don’t send my kids to school with colds. Second, school is essential and parties are not. Third, you donot invite anyone over to your home without telling them that your child is sick!!!

You keep your child home from school for every runny nose?

[Anonymous]

NP here. I am honestly flabbergasted by the posters who think it’s fine to host a party knowing the guest of honor has a cold and not warning the guests. Etiquette 101 even before covid.

I would be angry if I brought my child to a birthday party and was surprised to see the birthday kid sick with anything! Luckily, three kids later, and that never happened even precovid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

Do you call other parents in the class when you send your child to school with a runny nose? If not, what’s the difference?

Not comparable at all! First, I don’t send my kids to school with colds. Second, school is essential and parties are not. Third, you donot invite anyone over to your home without telling them that your child is sick!!!

You keep your child home from school for every runny nose?

YES.

[Anonymous]

OP never said the party was at her home. This could easily be at a third party venue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed if you didn’t warn me. My kid has had four colds since September and gave every single one to the baby. I can’t take off anymore work.

Warn all the inviters or you’re going to be hated.

JFC. Kids get colds. At least normal kids who are let out of their houses. You just need to stay home snowflake

NP are and you’re wrong an rude as hell. The HOST of a party has a known cold. The only right answer in any time is to tell the guests.

You wouldn’t expect a teacher to notify you if she had a cold, or a classmate to tell your child if he had a cold. Why would you expect notification for this (and likely the same group of kids?!). It’s a cold, not the flu.

I would expect an adult friend to notify me she had a cold before hosting me, just as I would inform her before attending a party. It’s just good manners? A lot of the time I am happy to hang out anyway because it is just a cold but sometimes there are reasons not to and it’s just polite to let others make their own calls. I don’t see why I wouldn’t model that behaviour to my kids in OP’s situation.

Do you call other parents in the class when you send your child to school with a runny nose? If not, what’s the difference?

Not comparable at all! First, I don’t send my kids to school with colds. Second, school is essential and parties are not. Third, you donot invite anyone over to your home without telling them that your child is sick!!!

You keep your child home from school for every runny nose?

YES.

I literally don’t know a single parent who has been able to keep a child home for every runny nose, you are the first!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I am honestly flabbergasted by the posters who think it’s fine to host a party knowing the guest of honor has a cold and not warning the guests. Etiquette 101 even before covid.

I would be angry if I brought my child to a birthday party and was surprised to see the birthday kid sick with anything! Luckily, three kids later, and that never happened even precovid.

Runny nose and sick aren’t the same thing. If the child doesn’t feel well, that’s a completely different situation.