I don’t think it matters. Most parties we go to are at the same 1 or 2 places.

I got a vday party for 4pm Saturday when I had booked ours to be 11am the very next day. Similar indoor play place popular with 4 year olds. Since I had not sent out the invites yet, I actually changed the date for my party, had it a few weeks later. We had high attendance. I think we would have had lower attendance if it was the same weekend.

At our preschool, 90% of parties are at the same bouncy place. I once had to go there Saturday morning for a 3rd birthday, Saturday afternoon for a 5th birthday, and then again Sunday afternoon for another 5th birthday. My DD and her preschool BFF just went ahead and had a joint party to save some money and trouble. It's FINE.

If it’s the same play or movie, there’s a problem. Different play or movie, same active thing (jumping Joey, sky zone, etc), heck even the same museum or nature center could be fun.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know, I think I would be upset. Did they know about your party??

Grow up.

Oh shut up, troll

While certainly not the most erudite post, I don't think the person you responded to was a troll -- which, contrary to what you appear to believe, does not mean someone who disagrees with you.

i get why you are upset. It’s just bad luck and it sucks. Nothing to be done esp if the other kid’s party is before yours.

This happened to us, though kids were a bit older and the forum related to a shared interest. Was a number, because we booked first but hadn’t sent out invites yet. Friends booked second ( they didn’t know about our party) but were more on the ball with their invites. It was truly no big deal. Kids enjoyed it and parents chuckled. It was a “great minds think alike” moment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know, I think I would be upset. Did they know about your party??

Grow up.

Oh shut up, troll