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[quote=Anonymous]I have a spouse with a significant medication condition that makes our lives unstable.  I am the only driver in the household for 4 of us.  Both of us have have promotions that means slightly more work commitments.  I also work a second job that is a long-term commitment for me (I've been involved with this organization for 30+ years.  I currently work part-time, about 8-10 weekends a year and one night per week, but it will likely become more full-time after I retire from my day job.  We don't know too far in advance when one of us will have to work, when my spouse will be laid up medically, or various other commitments come up.  We put everything on the calendar and we RSVP 1-4 days before each RSVP date if we can commit to it.

I'm sorry that I can't always tell if I'm going to have to work late 3 days this week or 1 day and if I have to do the family shopping on Saturday instead of Friday night after the kids go to bed.  I can't tell if I'm going to need to get the kids out of the house for the day or if that day will be the only day that we can run a family errand.  If I have to go to Annapolis on Saturday to handle something that our family needs, then the kids have to stay home with the other parent or go with me.  As the sole driver, I don't have the luxury of being able to trade off driving kids to A & B.  If I have to go somewhere, then I am not available to drive my kids to that party.  It's hard enough for us to get our schedule fixed 7-10 days in advance of each weekend, but we do that so that we make each RSVP deadline.

If you need or expect a response earlier than a week in advance, then we'll just decline as we don't need that added stress in our lives.
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