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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been to and seen birthday parties at the park for kids with ton of food served.  OP, you are cheap as hell and grabby.[/quote]

The OP isn't having her party at a park, but at a venue that prohibits outside food.  I imagine she could do a park party with lots of food cheaper than she is doing her laser tag/bounce party.  She is giving the kids an experience much more exciting than a standard playground.

Moreover, it's winter.  Would you really prefer to have an outdoors smorgasbord picnic in January or February?  I imagine the number of invitees who declined that party would make it really cheap.

She's giving the kids an exciting adventure, a chance to play with their friends, and cake.  It sounds like a great time for the kids.  While kids always welcome sugar, I suspect they would rather play than eat anyway.[/quote]

What rubbish, she can spend all that money on laser tag but can't purchase some snacks from the place like chips and pretzels?  Cheap is cheap, no manners is no manners.  I think all the people saying no need to even some snacks are mannerless, cheap a**holes.[/quote]

You talk about her spending "all that money", but then you accuse her of being cheap.  The venue doesn't allow snacks like chips and pretzels.

To me the cheap ones here are the parents who won't buy chips or pretzels for their own kids to eat in the car so they don't go into a party hungry.  The ones with a lack of manners are the ones who complains that the nice afternoon someone is offering your child just isn't enough.  [/quote]

Wow, just wow!  We should all feed our kids in the car on the way to a BIRTHDAY Party, so cheap ass parents can save a few bucks?  It is so sad how little perspective you have and how stupid you sound. It is sad you have kids.  She is being cheap, no doubt you are her. It doesn't matter that kids might not eat it, what matters is that she acts like a proper hostess.  When you do something, do you it RIGHT, or not at all. If you can't understand that, never, ever host anything. [/quote]

Okay, so imagine that the place where the OP is hosting the party will allow her to bring in a birthday cake, but they require that she use their in-house catering or whatever you want to call it. When she asks if there's some kind of snack package, she's told that there's a basic package that includes pizza and fries and costs $15 per child and a deluxe package that includes pizza, fries, and salad for $20 per child. If 10 kids are coming to the party, that's $150-200 above and beyond the original cost of the party. That's not "a few bucks" to someone who lives with her preteen in a tiny apartment. It's a lot of money.

The party is not occurring near a meal time, and while I sympathize with kids who are hungry, bring a damn snack if you're so worried that your kid can't handle going between lunch and dinner without anything but birthday cake. What would your kids USUALLY be eating during that time?[/quote]

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