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NBFR: Birthday Parties

sweetwalkssweetwalks member
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I am SO over birthday parties lol. We always cook a meal because a lot of family comes in from out of town and I feel obligated. I started it with first birthday parties and now I feel like I kind of have to.

Anyway, my boys are only 4 and I'm silently wishing for the years they just want money & dinner.
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Re: NBFR: Birthday Parties

  • PamelacakePamelacake member
    I love birthday parties but I get what you are saying. I don't always love the guest list where we have to pretend to get along with other relatives for the kids' sake but they love them. I have actually been having 2 for each. A small one just for us and a bigger one for relatives and friends for the younger kids. The older ones are over them. They want cash. lol
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  • sweetwalkssweetwalks member
    There is a lot of family that doesn't even come, which is fine. We just have such a large family. I've stopped inviting certain people.

    I enjoy them & getting to see people we don't see often but the planning excitement is long gone for me..lol
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  • sweetwalkssweetwalks member
    Too funny!

    We invite a few of our friends w kids the same age but most of them have 2 kids so it turns into a lot of people quickly
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    MelRC117 said:

    We just had LO's first birthday and YEP...don't want to do that again.  It turned into more people than originally planned because 2 of our friend couples have kids 6 weeks older and 2 days older than LO.  They invited us to their birthday so we felt like we had to invite that whole group of friends, too.

    SS is 12 in a month and he wants his own smash cake after seeing LO's....

    Lol
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  • fellesferiefellesferie member
    I'm right there with you. I hate hosting, period. And parties--especially at my house--stress me out to the point where I wind up not enjoying my kid's birthday.

    We offer the party every other year, but they usually either just don't want to do it or would rather have more presents. I think we're raising our kids to be as antisocial as we are. =/
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  • sweetwalkssweetwalks member
    We had 2nd birthdays at our house and last years were at our church. I'll never do the house again either. We have a big house but there are too many people invited and it would be so miserable if we all had to cram inside for rain.

    I thought of doing a Monkey Joe's type party this year but that means no family.

    Maybe a sleepover for your kids so they aren't antisocial? But, that's a pain too!
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