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RSVP kid party

MrsN052408MrsN052408 member
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When a party invite says to RSVP, I do so. My daughter's 5th birthday party was today. She invited some friends from school. I'm very surprised at the lack of parents who didn't RSVP. Some showed. Some did not. Is it rude or common place?
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Re: RSVP kid party

  • VORVOR member

    It sadly seems to be becoming the "norm". It pisses me off to no end, to be blunt.  I just feel like people are in a perpetual state of "in case something better comes along". 

    I will say, though, that MOST of the people we deal with, most RSVP. I'm lucky on the front.

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  • alli2672alli2672 member
    Common place.  Except for a core group of people, I am never really sure who is going to show up at my kids birthday parties. 


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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member
    I think it's extremely rude but also very common.  For birthday parties at the house it is just annoying.  For showers and stuff it is a pain in the ass.  I've been involved in planning so many baby and bridal showers where we have rented a party room in a restaurant and I couldn't believe how many people just didn't RSVP or didn't even call me back when I left messages on their phone asking if they were coming. 
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member
    With DS's parties, the yeses seem to RSVP, even if it's last minute.  A few of those who RSVP don't show up.  I haven't had anyone not RSVP and still show up.  That's really rude.  I do see a lot of people not RSVP and not come, which is annoying but to me not as big of a deal as showing up to a party where you didn't RSVP.
    DS born 8/8/09 and DD born 6/12/12.
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  • Mustardseed2007Mustardseed2007 member
    You know with ds's parties people do seem to mostly RSVP. I ask for responses by email (don't know if that makes a difference). Ds recently received an invitation which asked for rsvps by text, and I sent my RSVP right away bc it was very easy tho do it. I know I've sometimes missed RSVP deadlines by accident but still RSVP a couple days late. It's not so much that I think something better is going to come along as it is that I don't have the invite in front of me while I'm in front of a device that emails, so then I forget.


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  • MommyAttyMommyAtty member
    Has anyone found that evite helps? DD is only 2, so parties so far have been family and friends who are closer than family. The no RSVP thing is going to make me nuts.
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  • snicksnacksnicksnack member
    How are you delivering the invites? I ask because DD receives invites in her cubby and half the time I don’t find them until it is too late. Normally I email the parents and apologize but 9 times out of 10 I don’t even know if they are for her because her name is not on the card and two kids share a space and the kids move things around etc… just saying it could be a logistical issue. When her name is on it and I find it I RSVP. So far she has received 5 and only two have been found in a timely matter.
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  • PSU_TexanPSU_Texan member
    Sadly, I think you get better responses via evite or the like.  It's sad to me that I can't do lovely printed invitations, but it seems to be the world we live in.  It's incredibly rude that people cannot RSVP.  I find it's often the people who have never given a big party, shower, etc.  They have no idea how stressful it is to have to plan for something.  Or it's just bad upbringing... I guess it's our responsibility to teach our children better.
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