Anonymous wrote:My bet is they forgot the knife and/or plates and figured it would be worse to announce it.

Anonymous wrote:I'd be so mad if I thought I was getting cake then there was no cake! My gd, haven't we all suffered enough?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe there was something wrong with the cake. My mom once made cake and switched the sugar in the icing with salt by mistake. Maybe they realized a similar problem.

Idk… if I were in that situation I would announce it and then drive around to deliver cupcakes along with my TY notes the following weekend.

Or if there was no plates/knife I would send a parent or close friend to grab it from the nearest grocery store or house, but still announce it.

I have to assume they forgot! I’ve done that before (not cake at a birthday party but like side dishes during TG dinner at my house)

Anonymous wrote:Maybe kids just wanted to play and interact with each other.

When the parents come to pick up their kids .. Offer the parents the cake to go ..

Anonymous wrote:Was the cake actually big enough for the party?

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Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did this. They’re really weird about dye and sugar but want to have the party look right, so the cake is whisked away right after singing. My secret theory is that the parents binged on it later.

This is something you’ll see up through kindergarten, but by 1st grade most parents have chilled out and are more realistic about their ability to control kids’ behavior (theirs and others) by controlling food intake.

Your explanation makes no sense. They are grown adults who have had birthday parties themselves and gone to many. Nothing happens when children eat a piece of cake. And if they have a problem with sugar or whatever the latest scary ingredient then make something else that everyone can eat. That’s just some rude hostessing.

And why were there so many adults there?

Huh? My kid is in first grade. Every single birthday party they've attended has had one or both parents of each child stay for the entire party.

In first grade most parties are drop off parties, and stop saying "huh?". It makes you sound stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:That's strange! I do think it's weird that some people have gone back to blowing out candles on a cake though, it's pretty gross. Most people I know do cupcakes or if they have a cake, they have the birthday child blow out a candle on a cupcake to avoid spreading germs.

Never been to a kid’s birthday party where they didn’t bow out the candles. What kind of people are you friends with?

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Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did this. They’re really weird about dye and sugar but want to have the party look right, so the cake is whisked away right after singing. My secret theory is that the parents binged on it later.

This is something you’ll see up through kindergarten, but by 1st grade most parents have chilled out and are more realistic about their ability to control kids’ behavior (theirs and others) by controlling food intake.

Your explanation makes no sense. They are grown adults who have had birthday parties themselves and gone to many. Nothing happens when children eat a piece of cake. And if they have a problem with sugar or whatever the latest scary ingredient then make something else that everyone can eat. That’s just some rude hostessing.

And why were there so many adults there?

Huh? My kid is in first grade. Every single birthday party they've attended has had one or both parents of each child stay for the entire party.

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Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did this. They’re really weird about dye and sugar but want to have the party look right, so the cake is whisked away right after singing. My secret theory is that the parents binged on it later.

This is something you’ll see up through kindergarten, but by 1st grade most parents have chilled out and are more realistic about their ability to control kids’ behavior (theirs and others) by controlling food intake.

Your explanation makes no sense. They are grown adults who have had birthday parties themselves and gone to many. Nothing happens when children eat a piece of cake. And if they have a problem with sugar or whatever the latest scary ingredient then make something else that everyone can eat. That’s just some rude hostessing.

And why were there so many adults there?

Huh? My kid is in first grade. Every single birthday party they've attended has had one or both parents of each child stay for the entire party.

I guess at a public place like a playground that’s a big thing in the city. I don’t know. The kids go to playgrounds all the time, they go to recess together all the time, nothing special unless cake is involved …

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there was something wrong with the cake. My mom once made cake and switched the sugar in the icing with salt by mistake. Maybe they realized a similar problem.