But if he had gone she would still be out the money. She's angry that her snowflake didn't get an equal amount of present.

Finally, somebody more neurotic and obnoxious than DC urban moms

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately some of us live in small homes, townhomes or apartments and don't have room for "home" birthday parties so we have to have them at party places which are usually pay per kid.

No, you can have a few kids over for a party. I grew up
In a townhouse and we had 6-8 kids per party just fine. You can also just have it a park, playground, indoor rec room for pennies

Unfortunately some of us live in small homes, townhomes or apartments and don't have room for "home" birthday parties so we have to have them at party places which are usually pay per kid.

Anonymous wrote:This is a another reason I am in favor of old fashioned at home bday parties. Just makes RSVP's simple- come, don't come, bring siblings or don't. The per person costs and limits at these places makes what should be a small thing - one persons attendance at a kids bday party, not a wedding! - into a bigger thing than it ought to be.

+1 We started having at home old fashioned bday parties this past year, and sorry, we don't invite the whole class (kids are in ES). We email individual parents directly. My kids have summer bday parties so it make it easier.

One of the reasons I don't like the big event parties is that the bday party is supposed to be about the bday kid, but at these big events, I've noticed that most of the kids don't even interact with the bday kid. What's the point? I'm just paying to get a bday present from all those kids. No thanks.