I declined these invites -- What would you do?

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Anonymous wrote:

I disagree. I don't think you are required to invite a child that is not a close friend to your child's party. This could potentially make a small guest list exceedingly large. You should invite someone because you want them to attend with no future obligations expected from your potential guest.

I sort of agree. We have larger parties and I don't expect that every kid that we invite who has a smaller party will invite DS. I would be somewhat annoyed if a child we invited had a large party and left DS out, though.

And there we have it folks - the double edged sword.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What age do you think it's acceptable to have a skating party??

The OP could have stayed to help tie skates and watch, the rinks have a skate patrol in case of a bad fall. OP seemed to expect 1on1 attention for her child at a birthday party.

Just wait till the rock climbing parties start.

Have been to many rock climbing parties. Experienced guides (at least at Earth Treks) harness each child in and work the ropes for the parties DS has attended!
Ice skating...DS would skip.

Are these artificial rock walls or are they literally climbing real rocks?

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter was invited to a birthday party 2 years in a row. This is not a close friend of my DD...just a school friend. BOTH times, we but to bring CASH instead of a wrapped present. The cash would be split in two. Half would be given to a charity (not specified), and the other half would be given to the birthday girl to use for whatever she likes.

Now, also know that the first party was an ice skating party for kindergarteners. The birthday girl is an accomplished skater. The invited children would be expected to be on their own on a big rink unless a parent skated with them. Unfortunately I am unable to do so (nor is DH) because of muscular-skeletal issues (we are older parents). When I asked about supervision on the rink I was told that they did not have any extra adults to help with the inexperienced children. OK then! Invite declined.

The second party (this past year) was held on a Saturday night on Valentine's Day...yes I kid you not. Again, the cash only direction for gift. Invite declined.

Just curious as to what others would do in a similar situation. Just an FYI, we never invited this girl to our DD's parties.

The fact that the charity is unspecified would be enough reason for me to decline. I would never risk financing something that was against my principles.