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[quote=Anonymous]Can you spin off your own thread? I posted a while ago about a disagreement with my husband about appropriate media for young people. Because the young person in question is my step-son, the only point where I have actually been insistent is on the movies we show his friends when they are at our house. This year he is turning 14, and I made the compromise with my husband that we would show the movie if no parents had any objections to it. (Not thrilled with this compromise, but I can live with the outcome either way.)

So, in conjunction with an evite, we sent an email to the all the parents (using BCC)  that basically said "At his upcoming party, Larlus would like to screen the film "Found Footage of Dismemberment 3" which is rated R. We wanted to give the parents of everyone invited a heads up, in case you had any concerns about the film. If any parent does, a PG-13 selection will be shown instead. All responses confidential!"

Now, I can tell that 22 of the 25 invitees have read the evite. However, with a week to go to the party, we've received 5RSVP's and only two reponses to the email. (one saying the movie was fine. One weak no that said if they were the only objecting parent then they would reconsider)

So, I just wanted to pick brains about what might be going through people's heads. Possible ideas:

1) People are just crummy about responding to emails/RSVPS
2) People are assuming we are fine with the movie and feel awkward about disagreeing. They will just not come to the party.

Any other thoughts? Was this a really dumb idea? I have to admit, I was just tired of having this disagreement every single time there's a sleepover.[/quote]

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