When do you like to receive birthday party invites?
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Anonymous
| Birthday party is May 5th. Inviting 10 boys. When is the best time to send invite? |
Anonymous
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I'd say 4 weeks is standard. 6 is fine, less than 3 isn't enough notice.
YMMV. |
Anonymous
| Around 4 weeks out |
Anonymous
| At least 4 weeks out. |
Anonymous
| 2 weeks out |
Anonymous
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I think 3-4 weeks is just about right. In our family, if there's anything major it's already in the books and sending it earlier won't make a difference, but 3-4 weeks helps us plan accordingly and allows us to move stuff around if we can.
I have a friend that sends invitations REALLY far in advance (6-8 weeks or so) and there's almost an expectation that you will come you because you received her invitation first and as of now, you don't have any other commitments. Same friend sent an invitation to holiday party in July for what I assume to be similar reasons, but personally I find it a little obnoxious. |
Anonymous
| 4 weeks before though I already know that we have our big school "May Day" festival that day. Seems to be a popular spring celebration day. |
Anonymous
| 4-6 weeks |
Anonymous
| 3-4 weeks. I roll my eyes at more than that. Your kid’s party isn’t that important. Fine to text the moms of a couple best friends with a “save the date” but otherwise 3-4 weeks. |
Anonymous
I got one in January for April. I don't even get wedding invites that early. |
Anonymous
| A month in advance. |
Anonymous
How can you even decline that if you don't want to go? |
Anonymous
| 2-4 weeks. As long as we are not the back up plan we will try to make it work. |
Anonymous
You ignore it until 3-4 weeks out. I'm not making a commitment to a child's birthday party four months in advance. I agree that 3-4 weeks is appropriate. It's not a wedding, 6 weeks out is too much. |
Anonymous
| Agree with 3-4 weeks. Kids are involved with various sports and schedules aren’t always in place well ahead of time. |