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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]OP, the thing is, you really didn't give Jen any options that could possibly have worked for her. [/b] You not come to her party when she was coming to yours?  Her having the party a weekend she couldn't do it?  It seems like you heard she was planning a party for Aiden and immediately decided you were not going to make any concessions to her before you even began -- you stuck to your date and your original plan and didn't budge at all.  Even if your sister is a PITA, you should have given her something to work with because now you are putting your family and your kids in a really awkward position, and you two are going to remember and resent this forever now. [/quote]

OP again.  This is somewhat, though not totally true.  My solution is: Aiden's brithday was a month ago and you took him on a family trip to see an event that was specific to his interests.  If you want to celebrate with family and friends near his birthday, you had three weekends since then to make it happen.  We are sticking to our date because that's the date that our guests indicated was most convenient and they could come.  The next weekend we'll be away, the weekend before is too soon for us, and honestly, we just prefer to have her party near her birthday.

And really, she's getting a total pass for sending out the evite (I told her about the invitations I made up and was clearly going to mail) right after I gave her our party info?  I guarantee that she has done not one thing to prepare for this party other then send the evite and complain to our mother.[/quote]

In the first post you didn't mention that Aiden's trip had anything to do with Aiden's interest, and you said that she had started inviting other people when she found out you were doing the same.  Why is your story changing?

I'm also unclear as to why Aiden shouldn't get a birthday party because his family took a trip near his birthday, but you're taking a trip a week after Isabelle's party. [/quote]

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