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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop doing parties like this.  There really is no reason.  You don’t need a special “party package” to enjoy any venue.  Invite a few kids, pay for them when they get dropped off, order a pizza there if you can or take the kids back to your house for cake and ice cream. Two adult drivers should be able to transport at least kids.  This is what we do and it’s so much nicer than the party package stuff.  [/quote]

So the solution is to not have a party your child wants because some guests are rude and don’t show?[/quote]

Surely your kid can find something to do that doesn’t require you to commit to a specific number of people AND prepay for that exact number.  I honestly can’t think of any venue where that is the only way to do it.  Even climbing…you can pay per person.  I’ve don’t climbing parties.  They don’t even provide instructors.  Even if yours does, you don’t have to use them.  An adult that does the 30 min training can be the designated belay person for multiple kids, maybe 3-4? [/quote]

Op here. When you book a party, they request a headcount a few days ahead of time. On the day of, I could probably even change it. When the party already started and you are expecting this person to come, they don’t adjust after the party. Don’t know what to tell you.

There are some rude people on this website who seem to think no showing is ok. This girl is a good school friend of my child. The mom is a bit of a mess. It is what it is.

Some people have their shit together and others don’t. If you have a work meeting, you would put it on your calendar. If your child has a birthday party that you RSVPd yes to, I would think that they would have some sort of calendar to remind them. Who knows?

We have a seven figure income and this $50 is nothing to us. I still think these people are really rude.[/quote]

If this is so little money to you then honestly, be grateful you have the means to give your kid these things and don’t let a no show ruin a happy day. All the money in the world can’t buy happiness - it is truly not worth it to be bitter at a mom who you think is a “mess” who “doesn’t have her shit together.”[/quote]

Regardless of how much $ OP has to just blow (irrelevant btw from someone who has an 8 figure income) It's not only time, effort & & but your child gets extremely disappointed when people just don't show up and they've been asking all week if so & so is coming.
I wil SHAMELESSLY message people a week out, 2 days out, etc to avoid this disappointment.  I don't care, so many of you were seriously raised in a barn[/quote]

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