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[quote=Anonymous]I’m so frustrated. We’ve invited a kid from my son’s class over a few times, and they’ve always had fun. No reciprocation, but that’s fine; we’ve even invited the younger sibling to join, last minute, when it was clear he wanted to stay and the mom could use the free time. We’ve been very flexible and have even extended play dates into dinner when the mom was running late on errands.

Lately, the mom has flaked twice literally last-minute. This time, I at least had the foresight to text about an hour beforehand. Invite issued Friday, and accepted. Time was pinned down on Saturday for a Sunday play date. Today I sent a text about an hour beforehand (because we’ve been burned before), and she goes, “Oh, augh, we just bought movie tickets.”

Just told my kid, who is super disappointed. He cleaned his room and had a few activities lined up. Do flakey parents not understand that kids get excited for play dates, and it’s a big let down when you cancel last-minute for no reason? It’s unfortunate because they get along great, but no way am I issuing another invitation to this family. I honestly don’t get parents like this, who are so rude and apparently think nothing of disappointing a little kid.[/quote]

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