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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Group texts are impersonal. As you saw first hand, individual invites are the way to go.

I get it. It's frustrating. But as a full time working mom I don't have much bandwidth to host playdates. Keep doing what you've doing if you want playdates for your kids. It's not personal. [/quote]

+1. I sometimes send out a last minute group text asking if anyone’s kids are free to meet up on a weekday or weekend. Sometimes people respond, and sometimes people don’t. They are busy. I get it. It’s not personal, so I don’t take it personally. If I really want my kids to hang out, I text people individually.

The other thing to consider is that not all kids are cool with hanging out with whoever shows up. My kids have their preferences, but they will happily hang out with anyone. But other kids will actively avoid other kids. One more than one occasion, kid X and/or their parent expressly told me that they wouldn’t have come if they knew kid Y was coming, and I had no idea. So that might be a reason why people don’t respond- they need to know who else is coming. [/quote]

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