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Birthday party questions

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Do you go out of your way and try to make it to all Of DC's friends parties? If you don't make it to a party, do you still give a gift?
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  • brittneycc1982brittneycc1982
    We have only been to a couple parties for someone her age. :(  We don't know a lot of people with kids.  We are going to one Saturday.
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  • brightningbrightning member

    Unless it was a family friend, I wouldn't give a gift if we didn't go to the party.

    DD doesn't really have friends her age, so this hasn't been an issue for us yet. (And how sad is that?)

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  • blueshirt2003blueshirt2003

    Yes, we do but it was for my older son's soccer teammates. They are 6 though and not toddlers. So, my son and his friends knew if each other didn't come to their parties. Compared to say my 2 year old that wouldn't have a lasting memory of a friend not coming. 

    If we were going to another event (ex. soccer game/practice) we'd bring a gift then. If not, probably not.  

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  • moroccojademoroccojade member

    Yes! We get to all the parties unless we're out of town. 

    We will be away for one in August.  I will still buy a gift.  (But probably wouldn't do that for everyone.)

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  • DevonPowDevonPow member
    Yes, we go to all of them (we have had 10 in the last few months, and another this weekend - I am partied out!) I do give a gift even if we don't go (we actually missed one this Saturday and I am looking at the wrapped gift I need to give to her right now, LOL) but these are all friends of mine and DS;s that we see all the time, so I would feel badly not giving a gift.
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  • clp1027clp1027

    DS#2 hasn't been to any parties yet mainly because he's not in daycare, so he doesn't have any friends. DS#1 has a birthday to attend almost every weekend! It's tough to say no, so he attends almost all of them. They're totally breaking my bank with all the gifts and the one he attended last week was for twins! Gah!

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  • j_hopej_hope

    We try to go to the parties she's invited to; mainly because it's usually her cousins (her age) who have parties.  She's not in daycare either so she doesn't really get invited to "friend" parties.  We always bring a gift to the parties we go to, and if it's family or a close friend I will get a gift for the child even if we can't make it and give it to them the next time we see him/her.

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    I wouldn't say I go out of my way but we try. If its a really close friend of one of the kids, we will make more of an effort - we let my DD skip one of her soccer classes for example to go to a party but would not have done that if it was just one of the kids in class that we never see outside of school for example.  I do send a gift even if we don't make it to the party - typically a gift card rather than a gift so I can easily leave it in the cubby at school or mail it.
    Jenni Mom to DD#1 - 6-16-06 DD#2 - 3-13-08 
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  • PeskyPesky member
    imagebrightning:

    Unless it was a family friend, I wouldn't give a gift if we didn't go to the party.

    This.  The only time I made an exception to this rule was when the bday boy in question was coming over to our house two days after his party for DS's party.   


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    DD -- 5YO
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