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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am just flummoxed that people consider time socializing with acquaintances from a child’s preschool family time. One of us takes the kid/kids and then we have actual quality family time. Socializing with people we barely know while the kids play is not marital or family time and is certainly not a relief after the work week. Just one perspective as people plan these parties-many people consider them to be a bore and a chore. [/quote]

I agree once the kids are older, but for preschool when we had just one we would sometimes both go to get to get to know the other parents. Some of these people now are good friends because of the effort DH and I both put in during those years, including at parties. And parties at home like OP is describing were the best for this, because often the adults had separate food and adult drinks, which encouraged them to hang out together and socialize. [/quote]

Yes, but that means it’s networking time, not family time. You all went and socialized with the other parents and made friends. That seems to be the point of a party—but you sound normal in that you did it to make friends and not in the name of spending more time with your husband and family. When the whole fam is invited, the host wants you to do this! When not, they are having a kids’ party and not a networking event or a providing a venue for others’ “family time.”  [/quote]

Yes, but OP didn’t specify this. In fact by having it in her home and not saying anything, she implied just the opposite, yet now is annoyed at parents for both RSVPing yes. I have never heard of a party invite that limits attendees to the child in the class and one parent. I have had invites that day no siblings, but never one that says “one parent only please.”  But if that is what OP wanted then she should have made it clear when she set up the evite.[/quote]

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