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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was previously firmly in the show-the-guestlist-camp but I kind of get why you might choose to hide now due to an awkward situation.  DC's party invite list was a mix of kids from his class (less than half) and kids in other classes who were either in his class last year or from preschool that he's still friends with.  Then I randomly met a parent of a classmate who was not on the guestlist.  They were saying how much their DC likes mine and asked for my contact info for their birthday invite.  Ack!  Of course when I bring this kid up to DC he's like oh yeah they're my friend, can we invite them to the party?  And when I asked why he hadn't brought them up before he said he forgot.  It was still 3 weeks out and I was happy to include this friend so I sent this mom the evite but obviously it's weird because she can see a bunch of parents responded already.  I sent her a follow up text to the tune of, "Just sent you an evite, Larlo would love it if Larla could come!"  They haven't responded to my text or the evite so I'm worried she's offended or thinks it's a pity invite but it was really more of an oversight.[/quote]

I can’t imagine any sane parent getting upset over this. Elementary school friendships evolve so quickly. If you send an evite out a month in advance they could have a new friend by party date. Not to mention perhaps cuts had to be made due to venue space and a few “nos” meant the birthday kid could expand [b]on friends they’d like there. It’s just a kid’s party not a popularity contest[/b]
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You wouldn’t be saying this if your kid wasn’t getting invites… I know plenty of parents who are hurt when their kids don’t get invited to parties… I would rather them be invited on a B list than not invited at all… so in short… It is kind of like a popularity contest… Lucky for you and your little popular kid you have no idea![/quote]

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