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Why is it that so many ppl feel the need to bend the rules??? If the invite is for one of your kids, respect the host and don't send sibs. Sheesh!
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05.27.09, 10:22 AM [ Flag ]
- That's not bending the rules, it's just plain rude.
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  05.27.09, 10:24 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OK, well, how about not having parties in the middle of the week then? What are working people with one nanny supposed to do exactly?
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    05.27.09, 10:33 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Well, I'm a SAHM who doesn't have a double; I manage not to be rude and drag one kid to parties to which only the other was invited. Same difference.
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      05.27.09, 10:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np: here are some options: drop off, arrange for another invited dc's nanny or mom to take your dc to party, take time off work, get a HS sitter to take dc to party, rsvp "no". I've used every single one of these options. Why do people think it's important that THEY be convenienced at any cost to the hosts?
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      05.27.09, 10:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - op: ITA, all this crappy entitlement is disgusting. So many act as if they were raised by wolves. ANd I'm no Emily Post, just respect others wishes - if they're hosting.
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        05.27.09, 10:43 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - If people put half the effort into making it work that they do into whining about how hard it is, this would not be an issue. IME (with 2 kids and no nanny) nobody minds if you ask about a sibling, and I have yet to find a situation where it is not OK for me to drop off the invited kid, and ask a friend or the host to call if there is a problem.
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      05.27.09, 10:46 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ^^^drop off would work with a nanny too, for working parents.
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        05.27.09, 10:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- oh the silly sheesh poster!
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  05.27.09, 01:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i only have one, but think sibs should be invited. sue me.
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  05.27.09, 01:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Do you live in NYC? Inviting all sibs could easily make a party so large you'd have 50 kids if you invited the whole class (which is more important than inviting sibs, imo). Very few facilities deal with parties of this size (to say nothing of the extra cost). So, you can invite sibs and I will continue not inviting sibs (unless, of course, they happen to be friends with my dc).
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    05.27.09, 01:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - i live in brooklyn, i don't know if that counts for you. would never consider inviting the whole class, of course, so there you have it.
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      05.27.09, 01:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]