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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were your friend and you bailed on a trip because you wanted to stay home and do laundry…I would be hurt and annoyed.  It’s going to take you more than 3 days to pack your daughter for gymnastics camp?! If your daughter is old enough to go to sleep away camp, she’s old enough to pack for a weekend at the beach AND her camp stuff. Tell her to get started now and you can just check to make sure she has enough pairs of underwear or whatever. And quite frankly she can do her own laundry, maybe pay her to do some of yours! Won’t your kid be bummed to miss the trip?? Do you have a spouse in this who can help?

Also, lean on your friends this year. Tell them you have a really busy week, boss just quit etc and can you phone it in on the groceries this year - see if you can just venmo someone else money to deal with your share and pay for takeout for your night for dinner.  If I were a friend I would gladly pick up some slack on the logistics if it meant getting to see you vs you bailing at the last minute. [/quote]

I'm the OP - I should have included in my post that we live on the same block so we see each other all the time, this isn't a reunion.[/quote]

I guess that changes things, but I think I would still try to make it work. I know I personally feel better after hanging out with friends and I would definitely regret skipping it. Could your DH take your daughter and you stay home? Or ask for help! Tell them you’re overwhelmed with work this week, do they know a sitter who could take DD to a playground and dinner a couple of nights this week so you can catch up on laundry after work?

I don’t think there’s any nice way to tell friends, even ones that live close by, that instead of going on an annual beach trip that they are clearly looking forward to, that you would rather stay home and do laundry. [/quote]

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