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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I appreciate that this can be a real problem but the suggestion that siblings need to be completely banned from public settings is unhinged.[/quote]

Can you quote who said siblings should be banned? Pretty much universally this is people taking a "siblings only" invite then RSVPing for 4 people. Weird that people are so incredulous that this has ever happened and arguing that the host must have forgotten to say "no siblings".[/quote]

It's because the people who are mad have taken 8 pages to answer whether they wrote "no siblings" and torpedoed every suggestion for self-help along the way.  It sounds like you can either talk to the parents who are doing this, or stop inviting their kids to the parties.  Or you can plan a party that can accommodate people who just show up without extra expense.  Or you can keep doing the same thing and venting on DCUM.[/quote]

Or you can make it known that this is not cool on places like here. I don't know why you ASSumed people don't write no siblings. And even if they didn't, it doesn't make it ok to just bring 7 random people. I know you think you have all the answers and want the thread to end with your advice, but that's not how things work. [b]Besides, OP wasn't asking for advice on this, she was pointing out that she is surprised people do this[/b]. A discussion ensued which really bothers you. Why are you so invested in this? Your participation isn't mandatory and feel free to keep scrolling.[/quote]

Which is weird, because OP does this.[/quote]

I do not do this. I do not bring siblings to parties. Once when my middle kid was in kindergarten, I took my 7yo and PAID for him. We did not join the kindergarten party. This was 7-8 years ago. [/quote]

OP somehow you must have missed that apparently even paying for your kid’s sibling is unacceptable to these control-freaks you have unmasked with this thread.  There were several pages of discussion about this exact scenario (paying for sibling at public venue and keeping them away from the party) and the consensus still seems be that this is abhorrent, unacceptably rude and entitled behavior!  You should have taken the other kid to Target or something.[/quote]

Because your kids invariably find themselves in the party room. Because the hovering mom needs to be there to cut the kids pizza or remove the cupcake wrapper. It's great if you can be in the public venue yet nobody else even knows you're there but that happens rarely and we all know it. But if you actually do what you say you're doing how would anyone know to complain?[/quote]

No, this chip on your shoulder is bizarre.  If it’s not a sibling being annoying for existing, it’s going to be a stranger who randomly showed up to play that day.  If non-party kids being around are so triggering, you should be paying for a private venue and turning the plus ones away at the door.  Good grief.[/quote]

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