Pizza for adults at mid afternoon birthday party?

[Anonymous]

In my experience, at least half the adults have pizza when it looks like there's plenty to go around and when the hosts insist there are plenty for the adults. When there are scraps leftover, I've seen most adults decline.

[Anonymous]

Order two extra pies for the adults. It’s worth $36 to be a generous host.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, at least half the adults have pizza when it looks like there's plenty to go around and when the hosts insist there are plenty for the adults. When there are scraps leftover, I've seen most adults decline.

THIS is the answer right here. Either don't buy for the adults at all, or buy 2-3 extra pizzas. If $36-54 is stretching your budget (and contrary to DCUM, we can't all throw money at our problems!) the go with Plan A. And I'm saying this from the perspective of a person who tends towards overfeeding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I wouldn't hold it against you at all if you didn't provide pizza, and I'd also probably have a slice of crappy bowling alley pizza if you did. Either way is fine.

This, and the bowl America pizza was surprisingly decent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, don't. Except for the pregnant lady above, normal adults don't eat shitty pizza at none food times.
I never eat at kid birthday parties.

You would think so. At the last kid party I gave, I ran out of pizza because of adults gobbling it up. Most waited until every kid got a slice, which is perfectly fine, but a few grabbed two! slices before the kids were finished being served.

That never happens at my parties. I am Type A and control everything. Nobody can grab pizza, because I am handing it out to the KIDS. Just like nobody can grab goody bags, because I have them in a big bag and the only one reaching into that bag is either me or my birthday child who is handing them out after she reeds the name off it. We control everything. I make sure there's water for the adults. That's all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I wouldn't hold it against you at all if you didn't provide pizza, and I'd also probably have a slice of crappy bowling alley pizza if you did. Either way is fine.

This, and the bowl America pizza was surprisingly decent.

You must not be a NYer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, don't. Except for the pregnant lady above, normal adults don't eat shitty pizza at none food times.
I never eat at kid birthday parties.

You would think so. At the last kid party I gave, I ran out of pizza because of adults gobbling it up. Most waited until every kid got a slice, which is perfectly fine, but a few grabbed two! slices before the kids were finished being served.

Was this at a mealtime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Order two extra pies for the adults. It’s worth $36 to be a generous host.

+1. This is what I would do and what I recently did at a bounce place. As a PP said, if it looks like there is enough, the parents eat it, at the parties we attend.

[Anonymous]

Get 2 extra pizzas. That's common practice.

Unless you're my DH and I have to argue you down to 9 pizzas. For 9 families attending. We ate leftovers for a week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 6 year old is going to enjoy bowling?

You're a super astute reader! Wow.

Pp, we just had a 3-5 party, and most if not all of the parents are pizza. If you provide it, they will eat it. Your only other option is to but only enough pizza for the kids and inform the parents they're not allowed to eat it. Awkward!

[Anonymous]

Oh, and my son has been going to bowling parties since kindergarten and the kids love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 6 year old is going to enjoy bowling?

You're a super astute reader! Wow.

Pp, we just had a 3-5 party, and most if not all of the parents are pizza. If you provide it, they will eat it. Your only other option is to but only enough pizza for the kids and inform the parents they're not allowed to eat it. Awkward!

I'm back to correct all my typos. Our party was 3pm-5pm. Most if not all of the parents ate pizza.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, don't. Except for the pregnant lady above, normal adults don't eat shitty pizza at none food times.
I never eat at kid birthday parties.

You would think so. At the last kid party I gave, I ran out of pizza because of adults gobbling it up. Most waited until every kid got a slice, which is perfectly fine, but a few grabbed two! slices before the kids were finished being served.

That never happens at my parties. I am Type A and control everything. Nobody can grab pizza, because I am handing it out to the KIDS. Just like nobody can grab goody bags, because I have them in a big bag and the only one reaching into that bag is either me or my birthday child who is handing them out after she reeds the name off it. We control everything. I make sure there's water for the adults. That's all.

Wow you sound awful. Water...how generous of you. If you can't afford a couple of extra pizzas you should not be throwing a party to begin with. Treat outside parties the same as parties in your home.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. We will order 2 extra pizzas. I appreciate the feedback!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, don't. Except for the pregnant lady above, normal adults don't eat shitty pizza at none food times.
I never eat at kid birthday parties.

You would think so. At the last kid party I gave, I ran out of pizza because of adults gobbling it up. Most waited until every kid got a slice, which is perfectly fine, but a few grabbed two! slices before the kids were finished being served.

That never happens at my parties. I am Type A and control everything. Nobody can grab pizza, because I am handing it out to the KIDS. Just like nobody can grab goody bags, because I have them in a big bag and the only one reaching into that bag is either me or my birthday child who is handing them out after she reeds the name off it. We control everything. I make sure there's water for the adults. That's all.

We have large parties and invite the parents. Never has a parent ever taken food without the kids being served first. You are being overly dramatic. If I am hungry and no food for the parents, I'd buy some or we'd possibly leave early. Skip the goody bags and buy food for the parents. No one wants the crap goody bags. We trash most of them.