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[quote=Anonymous]I took my dd to a surprise b-day party for one of her kindy classmates.  It was on a Friday night, in the winter.  The family didn't tell anyone that there was no visitor parking near their townhouse.  We had to park a couple of blocks away and walk back in cold and dark.  We arrived 5 minutes early, and were the first ones there.  The parents were just [i]starting[/i] to get ready!  The house was [i]filthy[/i].  I asked if I could help.  They set me to cleaning veggies for the veggie tray.  Don't get me wrong, my offer to help was sincere, but I didn't expect to be peeling carrots and chopping celery for someone I barely knew!  The next mom who showed up was asked to blow up balloons!  There was nothing ready to occupy the child guests, either.

After the guests had finished working, we were expected to sit in the small, dirty, livingroom and wait for the birthday girl.  The birthday girl had been taken out by relatives, and wasn't brought back until an hour into the "party."  Then, she threw a hissy because her surprise party wasn't the kind of party she wanted (she yelled about how she had asked for a party at a certain place, and that some of the guests were not to her liking!).  Instead of taking the b-day girl aside, the dad yelled at her and smacked her butt in clear view of the guests.  Awkward!  She still backtalked and sulked through the whole party.

Finaallly, there was food-- but not enough for everyone to get more than a few bites.  Despite the b-day girl's mood, the parents had her open the gifts in front of everyone.  She was less openly rude than before, but showed little interest or gratitude.  Then, they had a "clown," who was obviously a family friend, with a lame act that verged on offensive at points.  I would've taken my kid home, but we were literally packed in, with the clown blocking the only exit from the livingroom!

To finish off the night, we had to wait in line to leave, because they brought coats down from the upstairs in bunches, instead of letting us get them, or trying to find our coats in the pile.  Of course, we were the first there, so dd's and my coats were on the very bottom-- aaah!  We hightailed it out of there, before they asked [i]us[/i] to clean everything up![/quote]

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