Would you host a rescheduled birthday party

[Anonymous]

Just get your kid a Nintendo Switch or some other nice birthday present and say he can have a party when this craziness gets better. People have a lot on their plate right now, sending out unnecessary party invites seems to just be in poor taste.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know what? It's a global pandemic. Cake at home with family and FaceTime with grandparents. Done.

Thank you! Having the perfect birthday party with everything the kid wants should not be a priority right now as harsh as that sounds.

Seriously. Any and all birthday invites we receive will be promptly recycled. There is no need at a time like this. Education is worth a little risk, so is outdoor recreation and exercise. But store bought cake and 10 kids running around someone's living room or backyard is not.

[Anonymous]

Have a small outdoor party and say no gifts so the uptight parents don't think this is a gift grab. We had a party in our backyard with water guns and water balloons with 4 friends and the kids loved it. I would limit to 4-5 guests and ask parents to drop off.

[Anonymous]

Also before sending an invite, reach out to the parents of the 3-4 friends and asked if they'd feel comfortable with what you're proposing.

[Anonymous]

Op here. I decided to just have a backyard play date. Not birthday related. Will invite 2-3 kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my neighborhood all the kids are out playing with no masks. None of the parents are enforcing any kind of social distancing.

And no one is getting COVID from that.

Yes they are.

[Anonymous]

My kid went to a makeup birthday pool party in June. Original party was in March and 25 kids were invited and about 15 were coming to that party. All 25 kids showed up to the makeup party in June.

We live in a liberal, east coast, highly educated area.

I know people on this board are really strict, but, my real life experience is the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Would I, no. Would I go, no but others will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I decided to just have a backyard play date. Not birthday related. Will invite 2-3 kids.

Why not b-day related? It's not like COVID will look at the invitation and not come because it's "just a playdate". Decide what you are comfortable with safety wise, and call it a half birthday. Explain to families in the invite what safety precautions you will follow.

DS, age 15, had friends over to do a Fantasy Football draft. Everybody brought their own device, we measured out places for their chairs 8 feet apart (they brought their own chairs), we had single packaged snacks and waters, and when the pizza came DH put it on plates and brought it around. Masks on except when they were eating and they either sat in their chairs or made sure they were apart if they got up to get a water or something. Every single boy came, even the families with health concerns, and the feedback we got was everyone was so glad for their kid to have a chance for safe interaction. It wasn't a birthday party but we'll probably do something similar. DS is deciding if just talking is too boring, in which case we'll set up a screen and projector outside and show a movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I decided to just have a backyard play date. Not birthday related. Will invite 2-3 kids.

Why not b-day related? It's not like COVID will look at the invitation and not come because it's "just a playdate". Decide what you are comfortable with safety wise, and call it a half birthday. Explain to families in the invite what safety precautions you will follow.

DS, age 15, had friends over to do a Fantasy Football draft. Everybody brought their own device, we measured out places for their chairs 8 feet apart (they brought their own chairs), we had single packaged snacks and waters, and when the pizza came DH put it on plates and brought it around. Masks on except when they were eating and they either sat in their chairs or made sure they were apart if they got up to get a water or something. Every single boy came, even the families with health concerns, and the feedback we got was everyone was so glad for their kid to have a chance for safe interaction. It wasn't a birthday party but we'll probably do something similar. DS is deciding if just talking is too boring, in which case we'll set up a screen and projector outside and show a movie.

Also, this was all outside, in case that is not clear.

[Anonymous]

Two months ago I would have said no, but right now I am over it. Do the party outside, have the parents wear a mask and maybe the kids too depending on age. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two months ago I would have said no, but right now I am over it. Do the party outside, have the parents wear a mask and maybe the kids too depending on age. Done and done.

Yup. Same here. We aren’t getting school until fall 2021 no matter what we do, so why not have a little fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two months ago I would have said no, but right now I am over it. Do the party outside, have the parents wear a mask and maybe the kids too depending on age. Done and done.

Yup. Same here. We aren’t getting school until fall 2021 no matter what we do, so why not have a little fun.

Fall 2021? Why do you say that?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two months ago I would have said no, but right now I am over it. Do the party outside, have the parents wear a mask and maybe the kids too depending on age. Done and done.

Yup. Same here. We aren’t getting school until fall 2021 no matter what we do, so why not have a little fun.

Fall 2021? Why do you say that?

Not PP but a lot of people are doing homeschooling and won't be sending their kids back this year even if schools did open up. I'm in GA and public schools are really hurting here, enrollment is way down. Folks are scrambling to hire private tutors or go the private school route.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For heaven's sake, no. No one wants to be bothered with a make-up birthday from MARCH at the start of a busy school year.

Have one or two friends over on a Friday or Saturday or Sunday night for cake in the driveway. ONE OR TWO friends.

Do you exist? Everyone I know IRL is so normal, yet I always see these types of responses on here. We for one would be happy to receive an invite to a half birthday party. We may decline based on what safety protocols were in place, but it’s absurd to imagine it would bother people “at the beginning of a busy school year.” What? Most people are doing nothing! You have to be really unpleasant as a person to begrudge this.

Where do you live, some red state like Georgia?

I live in Kensington, Md...

Is it your impression that most people are doing nothing in Georgia?

We do literally nothing. We would not attend a bday Party. I just take issue with people who “don’t want to be bothered” with a bday invitation. DCUM is the manners Olympics, with one person trying to one-up the next on how put out they would be in any given situation.