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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for quick input. My kindergartener asked for a playdate with another child. I know this child a bit (I volunteer at the school) and they're a really nice, sweet, considerate kid... but I don't know the parents. I work full-time so am not there at pick-up and drop-off and we haven't lived in the neighborhood a super-long time. I sent a nice email a week ahead asking for a playdate over the weekend. The entire week passed, and no reply. I'm honestly not sure what to make of it. Presumably either (1) the parents forgot to reply or (2) they don't want to do the playdate and were too non-confrontational to politely decline.

I just cannot imagine not responding to a personal invite like that. I intentionally invited for a particular date, because I didn't want to put them on the spot with an open-ended request. So it would have been incredibly easy to just say, "Sorry, we're not available that day." In my opinion, ignoring the email is much ruder and more hurtful than a graceful decline.

So -- now I'll have to see the parents at an upcoming class event. I'd like to finally meet them in person, but am honestly a little intimidated to even introduce myself. Of couse, I'd never mention the invite. I guess I'm just wondering whether you all think this is more likely to be an accidental oversight or their idea of a brush-off. This was my first time trying arrange a playdate with anyone at this school and I feel daunted that they didn't even bother to respond.

(For what it's worth, I do know that I had the correct email address and that they are checking it, because they replied to other school-related group things during the week I was waiting for a reply. So it's highly unlikely that they didn't receive the email.)[/quote]

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