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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dread it each year when my two kids' birthdays come around.  My wife and I see the occasion differently, and after a couple years of losing the argument, I've learned to limit my input to doing what little I can to avoid our ambition getting too big.  I grew up with parties that involved one or two invited friends and cake and a few gifts.  Not saying I don't have something to learn about how to have fun, or that I haven't honestly loved the wonderful events my wife has planned, but I will never relish the stress we always seem to end up going through of who to invite and how to navigate our entire social circle through designing a themed annual blowout.  [/quote]

+1 What may be worse is the unintended consequences of the sense of entitlement that these blowout parties instills in our children.  I choose not to have such parties every year due to both budgetary reasons (better to put that money into their 401k) and entitlement reasons.  But the years my dc does not get such a party are the years I hear endlessly how much more the parents of the other children love their child compared to me. :/

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