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A (somewhat long) lesson in etiquette for you all

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If you are throwing a birthday party for your 2 year old, don't gather up most of the adults at the party and make a liquor store run without making sure that the 2 remaining couples are ok with watching 12 wild and crazy kids, only 3 of which are their own.  In fact, just don't do it, even if you do ask and they say it's ok.  It's really fvcking rude either way.

I think we are officially done hanging out with this particular couple.  (BTW, these are the same people who turned their daughter's bday party into a potluck last month, because money was tight after blowing a buttload on a new big screen tv, bike trailer, and PS3.)  Tonight they had easily already spent $150 at the liquor store (for themselves... it was a BYOB thing) and were making another run. 

What was originally supposed to be 3 guys going to the liquor store turned into everyone except me, DH, and another couple leaving for over half an hour.  No one that left even asked us if we minded watching their horribly behaved kids.  Hell, we didn't even know that many people were going until they had all gone. 

Then I felt REALLY bad because the babes got super fussy and hungry, and we live 30 minutes across town. We had to go because I wasn't planning on staying long enough to feed them dinner there, and had no food for them.  So essentially one couple was in charge of their kid and 9 others for another 15 minutes, on top of the half hour that we were there with them.  Needless to say they were pissed and left as soon as everyone else got back.

I was tempted to grab our awesome gift on the way out, but it would be wrong to punish the kid for his parents' behavior.

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