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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like folks who blow things off never hosted a kids birthday party. Not like glorified play date at the house but something at a venue. [/quote]

Really?  I was thinking the opposite.  That OP doesn’t host a lot of parties or events and kind of blew this out of proportion.  [/quote]

Yeah my rule is as follows - birthdays are fun. I am not hosting any event that is not going to be fun for me and I’m not letting anything ruin my fun. That means not booking any venue that feels too “high stakes” where the day is ruined if if someone doesn’t show or it rains or whatever. And telling my kids that we are gonna have a blast whether the whole class comes or just the four of us. And remembering that there is a wide range of human behavior and most of it is not intended as an insult to me. attitude makes all the difference. For these special occasions you really just have to choose to have a good time.

It seems like it would be exhausting to keep score of all these little grievances.[/quote]

OP didn't say the day was ruined. Just that she was annoyed. And it's really not hard to remember things like this. Most people have enough brain cells to keep track of lots of bits of information that can be recalled when needed. So, store this nugget of information for when the next party rolls around.[/quote]

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