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I got invited to a kids birthday party with no end time (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Assian_Candor@hexbear.net to c/parenting@hexbear.net
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Hostess is a bougie white yoga lady. They're not gonna have pizza but "homemade hummus and salmon spread" and apple pie, and healthy cake lmao. No booze.

Lady my kid eats chicken nuggets... Barely

Starts at one and ends "whenever" and they've already told some of the kids there will be s'mores as the finish for "the second half"

Also it's hot as fuck, no breeze, and I am hungover.

Family this is violence.

I thought we all understood that these things were OBLIGATIONS that we endured for the sake of our kids. You scratch my back, I scratch yours, nobody goes a birthday with no guests. But the agreement is thus: you get three hours between noon and 3PM, there is an activity, you serve kid friendly snacks or pizza, cake and everyone leaves. This isn't a kids birthday party, it's performative bullshit. It's a hostage situation.

My wife asked the hostess if we should feed our kids if the expectation is that we will be there for, you know, 7 hours.

The response was, "I would say, go ahead and eat, but come ready to eat more"

What are you the fucking sphinx lol I can't even

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[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so, what is the issue? either you go and take your child or you dont.

the agreement is thus….

Since when? I get making it convenient enough for the other parents to say yes but to be blunt, you dont really get to dictate what another parent does for their child. Thats a bit of a reach. Just stay home. lol.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah you're missing it a bit comrade, the kids are 9-10, you have to go because if not your kid is the odd one out and again, you want folks to show up to yours, it's just how it is. Saturdays are precious though and even taking 3 hours out of the afternoon is a sacrifice, we do it for the kids, but taking over the entire afternoon is selfish.

Believe me if I could have just stayed home I would have but love is sacrifice 😂

I'm not dictating anything I went to the stupid party just venting to my Internet friends