Wow, that's incredibly tacky. I'm so sorry your child had to deal with that. UGH, that other parent. What the heck? Ridiculous!

BEYOTCH would have felt my wrath and I tend to be rather easy going!
Is this a troll?

Are you freaking kidding me? I would be furious and I usually dont get bent out of shape about other parents.

Sounds like you knew up front they wouldn't be paying for dinner and a movie. Which is not protocol for a party, but that is the deal.
But not spotting the money or calling you is absolutely out of line. What if there was a fire? And you had no idea your child was unsupervised
Is there more to the story, like his behavior was bad or something you are not privy to? He refused to stop playing games and come into the theatre or something? Even then, phone call

I have an 8-year old, and I would be APPALLED if it happened to her. First of all, when you invite children to a birthday party, you pay for movie tickets and food. So, what did the birthday party host provide - cake only? I will not even go into the whole situation with leaving an 8-year old unattended for two hours.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be furious at the other parent. And what a strange party, to not pay for the guests.

THIS!!!
My kid would have been in tears...
Not my usual course of action, but I think I would have cursed her out!

I honestly might even go so far as to send class parents an email warning them, just in case they ever thought about planning a play date. I know that might sound crazy to do but as a class parent who it could have happened to, I would appreciate the warning.

What did you say to the parent????????????????

that's ridiculous and tacky as shit. I'm not paying for my 8 yr old to go to another kids bday party. What the hell did the invite say?

Anonymous wrote:I would be furious at the other parent. And what a strange party, to not pay for the guests.

THIS!!!
My kid would have been in tears...
Not my usual course of action, but I think I would have cursed her out!

Anonymous wrote:So many things wrong here. Who is this host?

A) who invites 8-year-olds to a birthday party and doesn't pay?

B) even if you are this tacky, if the kid is short, you pay.

c) even if you are a cheap-ass and won't pay the extra, you call the parents.

Sorry, OP. I didn't realize there were so many people raised by wolves out there. I really would have told the other parent off.

Teach your son your phone number, if you haven't, he should have asked an adult to let him call you.

+1. WTH is wrong with the host?

I would light her UP for that. She either should have covered the extra $2 or called you. No excuse for leaving him in the game room. Poor guy.

That's horrible!

I would definitely have some words with the birthday child's parent. That was absolutely irresponsible.

Also, if you invite kids for a movie party, the host should be paying anyway. You have every right to be upset, the parent should have called you.

I would be furious at the other parent. And what a strange party, to not pay for the guests.

That is insane. She couldn't or wouldn't spot him four dollars? She didn't even call you to let you know he wouldn't be able to stay with the group?

So many things wrong here. Who is this host?

A) who invites 8-year-olds to a birthday party and doesn't pay?

B) even if you are this tacky, if the kid is short, you pay.

c) even if you are a cheap-ass and won't pay the extra, you call the parents.

Sorry, OP. I didn't realize there were so many people raised by wolves out there. I really would have told the other parent off.

Teach your son your phone number, if you haven't, he should have asked an adult to let him call you.

Yesterday DS went to a classmates birthday party which consisted of dinner and a movie. I gave him $20 because I knew he'd spend no more than $8 at the pizza joint they ate at and the movie ticket wouldn't be more than $10. I wanted to give a little wiggle room but not enough for him to be anole to buy loads of candy and soda at either place.

Somewhere along the line he either lost about $10 or spent it (I say the later, he says the first.). He ended up being about $6 for the movie ticket. Now, if I were inviting a bunch of 8-year-olds to a birthday party and one was short or didn't have the cash is pay for the ticket. That's just me, maybe I'd ask the parent to reimburse me in the future but for something that's less than $10 probably not. However this woman chose to not pay for my sons ticket, and I can understand that I suppose. What I don't get is thinking it would be okay to leave my son and his four dollars in the movie theatre game area for two hours. What the hell lady? Who does that? You could have called and I'd either a) bring the money or b) pick him up. You were responsible for him and anything could have happened.

It will be a long time until I trust my child with another parents. I just don't know how someone could think that was a good decision.