father's day bday party?

klingb52 · May 2012

I just mailed out DS's party invites. His party is on Father's day. Due to my grandfather's needing dialysis on Saturdays and wanting to come, we made the party Sunday. DS's real birthday is the 21st, so we would have done his party the weekend after his bday, but MIL booked us all (DH, DS, myself, BIL, SIL, and two nephews, herself and SFIL)on a family vacation (for two weeks) starting that Saturday as a present to herself for her 60th birthday. Would you attend a party of Father's day at 11:00? We only invited close friends and family, but there were about 80 people invited since both of our families are so large. I know I can't change the date of his party now that invites are out and I didn't really have any other options, but am curious what you think.

LaRue86 · May 2012

We know that our family will be there and some of our friends. I will not be offended if the friends do not show. I realize it is a holiday, but Avery's First birthday is on Father's Day and DH was adamant that his party would be that day.

Telly21182 · May 2012

After this, Ty's party may usually end up being combined with Father's Day since his birthday is so close (19th), so I don't see any issues with it. If it's close family anyway, they'll still get to celebrate FD with family! And maybe friends won't stay as long, but they may still come!

The only issue I'd maybe see, and this is with our families, is that 11:00 on a Sunday is church services.

MammaBear81 · May 2012

Telly21182:
After this, Ty's party may usually end up being combined with Father's Day since his birthday is so close (19th), so I don't see any issues with it. If it's close family anyway, they'll still get to celebrate FD with family! And maybe friends won't stay as long, but they may still come!
The only issue I'd maybe see, and this is with our families, is that 11:00 on a Sunday is church services.

All of this (including church). We are doing Max's party the day before fathers day because most of the invites are for friends. I know family would come to a party on fathers day, but most of my friends have plans on Fathers day (either with their parents or their own kids). Personally we are going to Six Flags!

DramaMama06 · May 2012

this is partly why we pushed J's bday party back to 4th of july weekend. J is the 16th so it will usually fall on fathersday weekend. we will do a family dinner.

we would prob go and just plan to do something at dinner with our family.

ishka338 · May 2012

If it was friends, no, we wouldn't go. If it was a family one, we'd go, but it wouldn't be for long. MH would want to spend the day doing something he wanted to do. If your families will be there, you may want to get a small cake for Father's Day so the dads don't feel jipped if they come to the party.

ETA: FWIW, we never really care if people can make it or not. We ask our parents and if they can come, we plan it. Every day someone else won't be able to make it, so the day is the day and that's that! Enjoy your party!

klingb52 · May 2012

Thanks, everyone. Church isn't a concern for us because all of our church going friends usually go to 8am mass and my family attends on Saturday evening. I do plan on doing something a little special for all the dads and grandpas attending, but I am not sure what. We didn't want to wait until after we got back from vacation (around the 4th of July) because thae 3rd is our 2nd wedding anniversary. For our first last year, we were busy with a LO who was only a few weeks old, so we wanted to do something for ourselves this year.

Nige!!a · May 2012

DD's b-day also falls on Father's Day but we're having her non-family party the day before. I just assumed people wouldn't come if it was on Father's Day so we opted to have it the day before.

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