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Vent: ice skating party

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DH's best friend and his wife have 2 kids. Next weekend they are having an ice skating party for their DD who is turning 4 and invited us. My kids are 3 and 5 and both invited. None of the kids can skate on their own, so all of the adults have to go with them. What type of foolishness/punishment is this? At kid parties I like to eat pizza and schmooze with other parents while my kid is entertained. I do not want to ICE SKATE during the worst winter ever with my 2 little kids. Birthday party from hell, I say.
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  • FrickandFrackFrickandFrack member
    LOL, this actually sounds fun to me. I'm a terrible skater though.
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  • fancynewbeeslyfancynewbeesly member
    I actually think it sounds fun as well--I love to ice skate. :)
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  • BluepointToastedBluepointToasted member
    We had a couple of ice skating parties when DSS was little, and the adults had more fun than the kids!
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  • taggiecbtaggiecb member
    We actually just had an ice skate party for Levi.  Do the kids skate the whole time?  We did half skate, half food/ fun.  This might also make your life easier.

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  • WhenigrowupWhenigrowup member
    Sounds preferable to me. I'd rather play (skate) than make small talk. I suck at small talk and it stresses me out.
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  • NotSharknadoNotSharknado member
    Team Not FUN.
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  • LoveActually4LoveActually4 member
    Yeah I can't skate so that sounds like y idea of hell.


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  • NotSharknadoNotSharknado member
    I can still sit on my ass and not talk to anyone.
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  • colliebabecolliebabe member
    I love to skate so I would have a blast. Ditto to the swimming parties though!
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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    mbenit4 said:
    What's so bad about other parents? How else would you get to know the parents of the kids that are around your kids?
    Some people just don't like social situations like that.  My husband hates them.  It's not that there's anything wrong with the people, he just hates it.
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    I specifically designed my career so that I would not have to go to any networking events unless it was with work BFF. 

    Those "networking events" with work BFF consist of going to the casino, chain-smoking, and talking about how the slot machine people should hire us for quality control/feedback because we would be KICK ASS at it.  

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    mbenit4 do you accept homemade treats at other people's (grammar gods kill me now) parties?
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  • NeneCakiesNeneCakies member
    We're supposed to talk to adults at kids parties? I mostly shadow DD to help her interact with other kids (she's under 2). My bad.
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  • thetheisensthetheisens member
    I don't mind being social but I do not in any way want to go to a skating party with kids under the age of, like, six or whatever age that would allow me to not have to skate with them. A skating party is the worst thing I can think of in the way of a young child's party activity. I hate being cold (I realize it's inside, but the rink is still too cold for me), I am uncoordinated, I have terrible fear of falling and having someone skate over my fingers, and my kid is a dare devil and I would be trying to stop him from kill himself the entire time while not seriously injuring myself.
     I am more of a bounce house type of birthday party person. Throw the kids in that thing and the adult can sit to the side and interact and serve cake. 
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  • klondikebarklondikebar member
    I hate small talk and most people. I have seen the same parents for over a decade at DD's activities and I still have no clue who most are. I have survived.
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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    This thread had really bummed me out (feel free to blame hormones if you want).

    No wonder I have so much trouble making friends when we move and so feel like I still don't really have friends in this area. When I chat with other parents/people at parties or events or in public, I'm thinking we're having fun and starting to get to know each other and think that if we get to know each other more we could be friends.

    And the other person is thinking "why is she talking to me and how soon can I make her stop?"


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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    pobrecita said:

    Oh.

    Is this to me? Because I'm being serious. I like meeting people and chatting and it seems like most other people dread it and think of it as a chore. So I think I'm being friendly and I'm really just bothering/upsetting (or whatever word is right) them.


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  • missyisheremissyishere member
    We had a girl over with SD last weekend, and I don't know her parents.  


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  • ShelovesagingerShelovesaginger member
    I suck at ice skating and DH won't even try it after breaking an arm as a child. On our honeymoon, he sat in the bleachers while I struggled to make it around the rink 1 time. After that we said screw it and went back to our room to have sex. I agree that a skating party sounds like hell.

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    pobrecita said:
    RondackHiker said:
    Oh.
    Is this to me? Because I'm being serious. I like meeting people and chatting and it seems like most other people dread it and think of it as a chore. So I think I'm being friendly and I'm really just bothering/upsetting (or whatever word is right) them.
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    this was explained on the first page.



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  • MonkeybabeMonkeybabe member
    I get super nervous, but still want to be in social situations. I'm a nervous talker. I'm pretty sure I'd annoy the fuck out of a lot of you, in person (and here?).
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    LauraT25 said:
    Monkeybabe said:
    I get super nervous, but still want to be in social situations. I'm a nervous talker. I'm pretty sure I'd annoy the fuck out of a lot of you, in person (and here?).
    BUT YOU STILL WANT TO GTG RIGHT?!!>!>!
    I crave social interaction, even though it gives me anxiety. So, fuck yeah.
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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    DreadLoc said:


    pobrecita said:


    RondackHiker said:

    pobrecita said:

    Oh.

    Is this to me? Because I'm being serious. I like meeting people and chatting and it seems like most other people dread it and think of it as a chore. So I think I'm being friendly and I'm really just bothering/upsetting (or whatever word is right) them.

    Yes.

    this was explained on the first page.



    And clearly I missed that.

    I wasn't trying to offend anyone.


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  • DreadLocDreadLoc member
    edited February 2014
    nobody is offended.  we know we're hermits.  just don't want anyone else to feel all woe-is-me about discussing IRL forced social situations on a message board.  

    eta: well, i'm not offended.  i dunno bout the rest of these skanks.



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