Birthday Cake doesn't match the theme?

[Anonymous]

I was having a discussion with a friend about birthday parties. I was telling her for my child's party, I was going to have it at bounce house, but my child wants a ballerina cake. She told me that was tacky and that if I'm going to have a ballerina cake, I should have a ballerina themed party. I told her most parties I've been too at bounce houses have character cakes or they're plain she said plain is fine, other than that, it's just tacky. What do you guys think? Should a birthday cake go with the party theme?

[Anonymous]

Uninvite her.

[Anonymous]

What do I think? Why on earth are you talking to her about the birthday cake? And why does she have a opinion on it?

[Anonymous]

If the party is for your child give her the cake she wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do I think? Why on earth are you talking to her about the birthday cake? And why does she have a opinion on it?

She's a close friend and was curious as to what I'm doing for my child's party this year.

[Anonymous]

She's a weirdo. It's a kid's birthday party. Isn't it supposed to be tacky? Give the kid the cake they want. Tell your friend she spends too much time on Pinterest and she doesn't have to come.

[Anonymous]

This woman is not your friend and should be uninvited.

[Anonymous]

I think if you have a "theme" party, it kind of makes sense to have a cake to match the theme. But I don't consider simply having a bounce house to be a theme. I think you can have any kind of cake you want with a bounce house, or you can make it a "ballerina themed bounce house party" by having ballerina cups and plates, and party favors like ballerina stickers or handmade tutus.


My kid had a birthday party at a gymnastics place, and had a soccer ball cake. It was fine. Another friend had an Indiana Jones themed birthday party at the gymnastics place, with props like hats and giant foam boulder they rolled at the kids, and toy snakes in the pit you swung over. They had an Indiana Jones themed cake, which seemed appropriate.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but your friend sounds like an a$$. But I may be biased... My 4-year-old's party last month had rocket ship decorations AND a dinosaur cake. His party, his requests

[Anonymous]

Who's paying? Who's the guest of honor? No one else really matters, do they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's a weirdo. It's a kid's birthday party. Isn't it supposed to be tacky? Give the kid the cake they want. Tell your friend she spends too much time on Pinterest and she doesn't have to come.

Lol, she does! All of her kid's parties look like something you see on Pinterest!

[Anonymous]

One of the best first-world problems i've ever heard!!

[Anonymous]

Oh my god. This isn't a State Dinner. This is a kid's party. Who cares if it matches??? The point is to give the birthday kid the cake she wants. But, humoring your friend for a minute, a bounce place is like the denim of the party world: everything matches it. So a ballerina cake goes perfectly well with a bounce party.

Good grief!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my god. This isn't a State Dinner. This is a kid's party. Who cares if it matches??? The point is to give the birthday kid the cake she wants. But, humoring your friend for a minute, a bounce place is like the denim of the party world: everything matches it. So a ballerina cake goes perfectly well with a bounce party.

Good grief!

Do they have matching themed cake at State Dinners? I've never been invited to one.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. Your friend is weird.