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[quote=Anonymous]We had a party for my daughter and went over the venue limit because people were just randomly bringing siblings that I didn't even know existed. I didn't realize EVERY kid we invited would come, plus siblings. Usually there's at least one or two that don't show up. My biggest issue wasn't the cost of the siblings, it was the fact that I didn't have enough goodie bags. My invited guests left without them because their Moms knew I was overwhelmed and told me "Don't worry about mine, she doesn't know yet if she got one" and ran out the door so I wouldn't force a goodie bag on them while a random sibling came looking or one. PLEASE if you bring a sibling, let them know ahead of time that they may not receive a goodie bag! You may be able to pay for another child but you can't create a goodie bag out of thin air. Oh, and I even MADE EXTRA goodie bags and there were STILL too many kids for them!

One Parent told me ahead of time and one Parent came with her other child and immediately attempted to pay for him (which I think is the proper etiquette for young children because you can't always help a screaming pre-schooler). We have brought my older daughter, but only when we asked first. It was simply "I am out of town and my husband will have my older daughter. If he can bring her we are happy to pay for any extra incurred cost." If they'd said no, we would have 1) found a sitter and if that didn't work out 2) just not gone to the party. It is rude to bring more people than are expected. People don't necessarily have homes that can accommodate a bunch of other children and some people honestly do not have the money. I don't get why that's weird.

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