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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just went to a kid birthday party yesterday at a venue.  The whole family was invited.  I RSVPed for 4, thinking I would go with my 3 kids.  At the last minute, DH got off work early and he and my oldest son went mountain biking, so I only showed up with 3 of us.  
I didn’t really think to communicate to the host or apologize.

I don’t think I’m used to this super limited venue.

8 kids seems like an odd number too.  It’s very possible that you invited all but 2-3 boys from the class.  It’s possible that you were the rude one, OP.  [/quote]

So you’re teaching your child that if something comes up that they’d rather do it’s ok to no show to something you RSVP’d yes for? And then you’re fabricating some totally unsupported scenario in which OP’s kid left out just a couple boys from class. [/quote]

Yep.  
And I still think I’m right on all of it.  [/quote]

Wow. You’re awful. Let’s hope your kids marry someone with greater social skills and consideration for others than their parents had. [/quote]

I hope that my kids marry someone who wants to hang out with their family if they get off work early, like their dad.

I would honestly be disappointed if my son married someone who would leave him home alone because the rest of the family RSVPed to a child’s birthday party and he was supposed to be at work.

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Is a bike ride with dad such a rare occurrence that it’s worth no showing to a party for?

My DH spends hours with our kids every day (eating breakfast, coaching sports, etc.) and we do tons of family stuff on the weekend. So it just wouldn’t even cross our minds that a kid hanging out with dad would amount to some special occasion to cancel plans.

But this seems to be the case for your family. [/quote]

I was thinking the same thing. If dad gets out early, he could go home and rest. He could have gone to the party.

I can’t imagine any situation where we would cancel plans for Dh getting off work early. If anything, he would join us.

We are so busy that Dh doesn’t get much rest time. He would gladly have rested at home for a few hours. Biking could happen after party, next day or any day???[/quote]

Pp who wrote that. 
I went with two kids and no DH.  My teenager was not missed at the elementary schooler’s birthday party.  It was fine.

And if the issue is that I didn’t come with the exact number of people I RSVPed for (3 people instead of 4), then how would bringing an extra person (DH) have helped?

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Was it a venue party?[/quote]

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