I just missed another birthday party. More accurately, my 4 1/2-year-old missed the party and I missed two hours of a child at a party time. I think I took it harder.
I have a vague recollection that when the festive invitation was handed to me my daughter took it gleefully out of my hands. Apparently it also went out of my conscientiousness as well never to be thought about again.
I hate when that happens.
There were indicators that something was amiss when she came home from school Monday and cheerfully mentioned that she had missed a party the previous day.
Hmmm, I didn’t recall the invitation. However, the evidence presented it self in the form of a “post” party bag that was kindly given to her the next day.
My young child seemed very accepting of her missed social occasion. Maybe she has sussed early in life that this is unlikely to be the only time that invitations will be lost or parties will be missed.
I did follow up with one of the mums and found that there were enough children to make it a party despite our absence which is always the worry.
However, one of the other mums listening to my story of woe, mentioned she wrote on her invites, “regrets only”. No, no no, party invitations can be very slippery indeed, a little reminding never goes amiss. As a matter of fact, I propose all futures invites should state RSVP or NRWCU (No response, will call you) that should keep everyone happy.
This post was written by Charlene, a mother of four and Thames Valley Mums Blog founding contributor.
Photo credit: wardomatic
Yikes. This happened to me with a BDay last year and then when the same kids party rolled around this year, I was out grocery shopping when I realized the party was going on at that very moment. How flaky is that?
Posted by: Kristy Hall | 12 November 2008 at 14:54
So I take it this is a trend?
I think you were more distraught than your daughter!
Posted by: Susanna (A Modern Mother) | 02 December 2008 at 19:42