tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post2167227673317783501..comments2008-08-19T07:38:35.453-05:00Bright Horizonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992390354369769334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-4176401743324207292008-08-15T11:09:00.000-05:002008-08-15T11:09:00.000-05:00My story is sad. I try to have parties for my kids and I always get no RSVP's and no shows and come the party I get a sad little face asking where her friends are when only my adult people show up. When my daughter was in preschool I didn't get one child to attend. Now she's in school entering 1st grade, RSVP dead line is tomorrow and I have yet to hear from 8 of her little friends from school. I have two so far coming so at least for this party there will be a kid there. During the school year I brought my daughter to every party she was invited to. I also was Room Mother and busted my butt all school year with classroom parties and donating goods and at the end of the school year I even made each child a slideshow DVD of the school year for memory keepsake. Now it's my daughters turn for a party and it looks like I am going to get crapped on once again. I don't know why other parents act the way they do. When you get an invite you should always stop what you are doing and picture the face of the child the invite is for and picture for a second of what that child will look like if her friends can't come to play for an hour or two. If everyone would do that then maybe more RSVP's would happen and maybe two hours out of our lives to make a child's day would happen.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00685639251282036785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-67034947091482993072008-06-05T22:11:00.000-05:002008-06-05T22:11:00.000-05:00You may have done this, but I'd like to suggest an email address for RSVP's. I've been invited to 2 children's b-day parties lately and when I think of responding it's usually 6:00pm when I see the invite on the counter. This seems like the wrong time for the mom on the receiving end but the time I remember to do so. 8:00am, the other time I see the invite on my counter, is not convenient for me.<BR/><BR/>I was recently invited to a shower that had an email for the RSVP and I thought that was a wonderful idea! I didn't know the people I was responding to so it made it so much easier to send an email. Maybe that is not proper etiquette but for a full-time working mom, responding via email was a no brainer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-3251102256409202122008-06-04T09:54:00.000-05:002008-06-04T09:54:00.000-05:00Exactly. I am hosting a baby shower for a good friend of mine this Saturday and I have 6 out of 18 invited guests who have not responded. I'm hosting this shower at my house as a luncheon with food to prepare and favors to purchase. I would think that people would realize the importance of RSVPs and have the common courtesy to the hostess to actually respond. Showers, birthday parties, whatever they may be, are expensive and time consuming to host. As a guest, is it unreasonable to expect a timely response of a simple Yes or No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com