Ice skating bday party

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Skate quest in Reston is very good

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

I highly doubt you are missing much in life by not being able to ice skate. I don’t know any adult who regularly ice skates. Attending one party is not going to give the kids the skills. They would have to practice regularly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

I highly doubt you are missing much in life by not being able to ice skate. I don’t know any adult who regularly ice skates. Attending one party is not going to give the kids the skills. They would have to practice regularly.

You don't have to practice regularly to learn how to stay up on skates. You're way overthinking it. A kid could have it figured out by the end of the party. And then they will remember how to do it next time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

I highly doubt you are missing much in life by not being able to ice skate. I don’t know any adult who regularly ice skates. Attending one party is not going to give the kids the skills. They would have to practice regularly.

You don't have to practice regularly to learn how to stay up on skates. You're way overthinking it. A kid could have it figured out by the end of the party. And then they will remember how to do it next time.

They don't need to practice regularly at all. Not sure why people are making this so hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

It's a birthday party. They happen on weekends when someone needs to be watching your kid, so the same person who would be watching the kids if there wasn't a birthday party can stay and tie skates. It's very odd to act like needing to do some light parenting on a Saturday afternoon is impossible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

It's a birthday party. They happen on weekends when someone needs to be watching your kid, so the same person who would be watching the kids if there wasn't a birthday party can stay and tie skates. It's very odd to act like needing to do some light parenting on a Saturday afternoon is impossible.

You don’t get it. That’s ok. The other parents do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

It's a birthday party. They happen on weekends when someone needs to be watching your kid, so the same person who would be watching the kids if there wasn't a birthday party can stay and tie skates. It's very odd to act like needing to do some light parenting on a Saturday afternoon is impossible.

You don’t get it. That’s ok. The other parents do.

I'm just as much a parent as you are, just one who doesn't mind staying and helping with a birthday party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

Extra work? Stay 5 minutes, lace up skates, kiss kid good bye and go about your merry way. What is the problem? Are you normally afraid to let your kid try new things?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

It's a birthday party. They happen on weekends when someone needs to be watching your kid, so the same person who would be watching the kids if there wasn't a birthday party can stay and tie skates. It's very odd to act like needing to do some light parenting on a Saturday afternoon is impossible.

You don’t get it. That’s ok. The other parents do.

No one gets what you are saying. Sorry tieing skate laces is too much parenting for you. Decline the party but no need to trash it. You’ve spent more time complaining here than you would’ve spent lacing up some skates! Buck up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

I highly doubt you are missing much in life by not being able to ice skate. I don’t know any adult who regularly ice skates. Attending one party is not going to give the kids the skills. They would have to practice regularly.

In college went to NYC over Christmas and was glad I could enjoy the iconic Rockefeller center skating. Are you always opposed to trying new experiences?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Make sure you have a few parents around. Ice skating parties are notorious for injuries. The two I've been to had kids fall resulting in one broken arm and the other stitches to face (chin meets ice)

This. Ice skating injuries can be horrific. Ask me how I know.

This is ridiculous. I've been ice skating my whole life and never seen that many injuries in one month let alone one hour. Do you worry about bounce houses? Because you can't go an hour without seeing an injury in one of those. Ice skating is a fun party - you can even hire someone to help out on the ice with it, and get those push things that the kids can hold onto. Fairfax Ice Arena has all that stuff, and Haymarket Ice Plex is also nice, but a bit far.

This. I skip bounce house parties as much as I can, but I would gladly do an ice skating party.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you have a few parents around. Ice skating parties are notorious for injuries. The two I've been to had kids fall resulting in one broken arm and the other stitches to face (chin meets ice)

This. Ice skating injuries can be horrific. Ask me how I know.

This is ridiculous. I've been ice skating my whole life and never seen that many injuries in one month let alone one hour. Do you worry about bounce houses? Because you can't go an hour without seeing an injury in one of those. Ice skating is a fun party - you can even hire someone to help out on the ice with it, and get those push things that the kids can hold onto. Fairfax Ice Arena has all that stuff, and Haymarket Ice Plex is also nice, but a bit far.

This. I skip bounce house parties as much as I can, but I would gladly do an ice skating party.

We skip ice skating parties. Too much hassle and too much worry about injuries.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents want to drop off their child at a birthday party and have two hours to themselves. Nobody wants to stay and assist with laces and beginner skaters. They do because they have to. Sure they put a smile on their face for the host, but inside they are pissed at this kind of party. Let me guess, OP, your kid loves ice skating and takes lessons? Please don’t do this.

Agree! Parents just want to drop their kids off and pick them out. They don't want to deal with stupid ice skates; who even comes out with those stupid birthday parties ideas like that?

Maybe you could send your child with a nanny then since you can’t be bothered to tie laces.
As an adult who didn’t have the opportunity to do some of this stuff growing up, it’s so much easier to learn as a child. If your kid has never ice skated, take this as an opportunity to try while they are still unembarrassed.

You do realize that many people don’t have nannies? That’s the point - who is going to be able to stay for these parties to help? SAHM? She doesn’t have a nanny and doesn’t want extra work.

It's a birthday party. They happen on weekends when someone needs to be watching your kid, so the same person who would be watching the kids if there wasn't a birthday party can stay and tie skates. It's very odd to act like needing to do some light parenting on a Saturday afternoon is impossible.

You don’t get it. That’s ok. The other parents do.

No one gets what you are saying. Sorry tieing skate laces is too much parenting for you. Decline the party but no need to trash it. You’ve spent more time complaining here than you would’ve spent lacing up some skates! Buck up.

You’re a moron. It’s not just tying skates. You have to stay and assist your child if they’ve never skated before. Don’t you get it? Parents want to drop their kid off and not have to worry about safety. Now they have to stay to help their kid. No thanks. Moron.