why oh why.....

[pattacake]

:ac39:Had my ds and dd birthday party on Sunday at a farm which they both loved ,sent out invitations 5 weeks prior to the party to give plenty of notice and on Saturday night still waiting for people to get back to me!!:ac39:
I find it extremely rude not to let people know ,I always let people know ASAP.Two people who said they were coming did not bother to turn up or even let me know that they could not make it20061008 so I am out of pocket as I still had to pay for them ,not happy at all does this happen to anyone else or is it just me:angry-smi123

[Patti odoors]

I think it always happens, some people are so rude:angry-smi123

[sanjan]

unfortunately it seems to be quite common for parents to not bother letting the party host know if there child is coming or not

and I agree it is vert:angry-smi123

[wokkies]

:angry-smi123 used to always happen to big ds with his b'day been near christmas and it really annoyed me, if they cant come why dont they just say:angry-smi123 :angry-smi123

[trai]

This happened to me in April i gave my 2 a joint birthday party and i had about 10 people let us down on the day. These were people who said their kids were coming and we did have a few who didn't let us know either way. But by then you've catered for them and bought their party bags etc. I was fuming and only a few of them apologised when we went back to school.

It is so rude and inconsiderate everyone knows how expensive it is to put a kids party on a phone call wouldn't take 5 mins.

[Jensensmummy]

some people can be so so disrespectful huh, happened on my dd's 4th birthday too, I was quite upset for her

[myname]

I know this sounds pathetic, but I become anxious when I have to ring someone. I always try to send a note to say whether a child can attend a party or not, but when the only info is a phone number, I usually can't bear to pick up the phone until the last minute when I have no choice. I know this is rude and unhelpful, but it's something I really struggle with. Getting better though.

[MrTempleDene]

myname, I have that problem some days, just can't bring myself to pick up the phone. Very annoying when it's work related.

[Easties]

i actually have to respond to an invitation for jack trouble is is that all is on there is a phone number and i been cut off the phone lol

[sanjan]

I must admit I only put my phone number on invites but that is becuase I usually see most of the parents at the school gate or they know where I work and pop in to see me

[weaselgirl]

I know this sounds pathetic, but I become anxious when I have to ring someone. I always try to send a note to say whether a child can attend a party or not, but when the only info is a phone number, I usually can't bear to pick up the phone until the last minute when I have no choice. I know this is rude and unhelpful, but it's something I really struggle with. Getting better though.

Some of the mums from school have now started putting their mobile no on invitations because people have said in the past they feel awkward ringing and can text instead.I did this for ds birthday in may and still people didnt contact me.:angry-smi123

[myname]

Some of the mums from school have now started putting their mobile no on invitations because people have said in the past they feel awkward ringing and can text instead.I did this for ds birthday in may and still people didnt contact me.:angry-smi123

Well, even I have to say I don't think there's any excuse for not at least texting. You must have been really annoyed.

[smirnoff]

personally i hate rudeness in all shapes and forms! There is no need for it!!

We had the same thing with Bens 5th - his first pary. In the end I rang all those i hadnt heard from just so i knew!!!!