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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. It's the people saying "20 minutes is no big deal" who are always late themselves. Y'all are rude. We hate inviting your kids to things because of how poorly mannered you are. But we do it anyway (sometimes) because we feel sorry for them.[/quote]

I’d rebut with, it is only parents of young kids who can get this worked up about 20 minutes.

I am never, ever late to anything. It’s an anxiety of mine and I’d rather waste 15 minutes of my own time being early than 15 min of someone else’s being late. My obsession with promptness is an unhealthy obsession.

And I still am in the camp of, another parent being 20 minutes late to pick up is not something to get worked up over.

My kids are in high school now. I remember being pulled in several directions for weekend birthday parties and getting twisted up over conflicting schedules. A little grace from a hosting parent would have been nice, when really everyone else is accommodating you by schleping out to the trampoline park bc that’s where little johnny wanted his bday party. Let’s be real, you aren’t doing the invited kids a favor by inviting them to a bday party [b]- they are doing your family a favor by attending. [/b]

This is why we always did home parties. [/quote]

Then why did you ever attend?  [/quote]

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