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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll echo a previous poster who said they’re in NYC and that all kids parties have some kind of cocktail or wine or beer options for the parents. We truly haven’t been to a kids party without anything here. I guess people don’t drive as much here so maybe that’s a difference?

The parties we go to have a ton of food, often catered, drinks, an entertainer. The parents who judged you are the weird ones to me. [/quote]

Also in NYC and nobody drives to birthday parties so drinking and driving isn't a concern.  Most of the birthday parties where parents stay are casual hangouts in a park - kids have some entertainment, there's cake, food, drinks.  It's like a picnic, but with some extra structure for the kids and spotlight on the birthday kid.  Nobody's gotten drunk at any of the parties I've been to, and plenty of parents likely aren't drinking alcohol, but it's an option and I wouldn't think twice about mimosas at an early party.  I'd probably only "notice" alcohol one way or the other if it was an afternoon party and there wasn't beer being offered.[/quote]

DCUM sort of tells on itself with things like this that the "Urban" part is not really accurate; a lot of these posters are coming from the suburbs and you can tell when they start in on how much driving they do. I'm from NYC and live in central DC and our parties are like you say, casual hangouts at a park with some structure. Drinks are available, people don't get drunk, and driving is a non-issue. [/quote]

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