Yes. Cheap hosts.

It is nice for the hosts to provide for adults but I don't think it should be expected that you feed adults at a kids party. If the hosts were intending to provide food for adults and said so on the invitation, my guess is that they miscalculated - it's an honest mistake. It's easy to overestimate or underestimate - some people come hungry and some come already having eaten a meal. In our experience, we have always had too much pizza left over from a party overlapping with dinner or too much coffee, donuts and bagels for a party overlapping with breakfast/brunch.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would any adult want to eat dinner between 4:30 and 6:30? Even if they're serving the pizza at 6pm, isn't that pretty early for an adult? DH and I normally eat at 8pm. We're only forcing ourselves to eat at 7:15 bc we have kids who want to eat with us but need to go to sleep and need time between eating and sleeping to let food digest.

My kids go to bed at 8 p.m. We eat dinner at 6 p.m. so that's what my body is used to. You do realize other families do things differently from yours, right?

You’re telling me there’s no other occasions throughout the year when you have to deviate from eating at 6 PM? You’re an adult! You realize being flexible is part of life? And gracious how much privilege are you exhibiting not being able to eat at 6 PM when some people aren’t even sure in that next meal is coming. Lady you have a lot of living to do.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, SO cheap. Host should always provide enough food for adults too if the party is during a regular mealtime.
It really doesn't cost that much extra to make sure there is plenty extra for everyone.

Not for a drop off party.

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Anonymous wrote:This again? Grownups, you really need to stop expecting a meal at a kid’s birthday party. Just have a bowl of cereal when you get home. You’ll be fine.

It's incredibly embarrassing to host a party and only have food for certain guests. You get that, correct?

The parents aren’t guests.

Yes, SO cheap. Host should always provide enough food for adults too if the party is during a regular mealtime.
It really doesn't cost that much extra to make sure there is plenty extra for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:This again? Grownups, you really need to stop expecting a meal at a kid’s birthday party. Just have a bowl of cereal when you get home. You’ll be fine.

It's incredibly embarrassing to host a party and only have food for certain guests. You get that, correct?

I find it far more embarrassing that an adult can’t make it from 4:30 to 6:30 without eating anything. And, please, parents don’t get to play the party games or take a gift bag, either. They’re not real guests.

i've never eaten at a children's birthday party. I assume everything like food and entertainment is for the children, since it's a children's party. I eat before or after. Also, children's birthday parties are often at non-meal times and I only eat at meal times.

The worst thing about this scenario is having a kid birthday party on a weekday afternoon/evening. WHO DOES THAT?

People in this area are breathtakingly rude, OP. It still shocks me to see responses like the majority in this post.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would any adult want to eat dinner between 4:30 and 6:30? Even if they're serving the pizza at 6pm, isn't that pretty early for an adult? DH and I normally eat at 8pm. We're only forcing ourselves to eat at 7:15 bc we have kids who want to eat with us but need to go to sleep and need time between eating and sleeping to let food digest.

My kids go to bed at 8 p.m. We eat dinner at 6 p.m. so that's what my body is used to. You do realize other families do things differently from yours, right?

There was no snack bar? You couldn't just buy yourself something to eat? Or wait 30 minutes? You weren't missing out by not eating the gross play place pizza.

Anonymous wrote:This again? Grownups, you really need to stop expecting a meal at a kid’s birthday party. Just have a bowl of cereal when you get home. You’ll be fine.

It's incredibly embarrassing to host a party and only have food for certain guests. You get that, correct?

I would have been hungry, too, but I usually have some sort of kid granola bar in my purse or car that I could scrounge up to tide me over. Team OP.

Anonymous wrote:Why would any adult want to eat dinner between 4:30 and 6:30? Even if they're serving the pizza at 6pm, isn't that pretty early for an adult? DH and I normally eat at 8pm. We're only forcing ourselves to eat at 7:15 bc we have kids who want to eat with us but need to go to sleep and need time between eating and sleeping to let food digest.

My kids go to bed at 8 p.m. We eat dinner at 6 p.m. so that's what my body is used to. You do realize other families do things differently from yours, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine a party at dinner time not having enough food for everyone.

Yes, your hosts were cheap as hell.

It’s at a children’s play place. What do you think they should have it catered? Good Lord. Get over yourself.

+1. And a lot of these places do not allow outside food, and only offer kids’ food like pizza & nuggets. This is not a big deal.