Birthday party confusion.

[bananiem]

So I take ds9 three houses away to a birthday party. The invitation stated 3-6 so I asked the Dad, "And we come back for them at 6:00, right?" He says, "Well, we're not sure if we're taking them to the movie now or not. If we do it'll be the 5:00-6:30 show so then you'll pick them up at 7:00. If we don't go to the movie you can pick him up at 6:00. We're going to let the kids decide."
Huh? How am I supposed to know if they go or not? Luckily we live so close so I'm just going to sit outside and wait for other parents to show up. We don't know the parents too well so I felt uncomfortable saying "Well, make up your mind so I know what time to come back!"
I'm just one of those people that has to have everything all organized and I can't imagine having a party that wasn't planned out ahead of time.

 

[Beth76]

Yeah, that's just wrong. Are they going to call all the parents when they decide? They definitely need a better plan.

 

[poohandwendy]

That's really dumb. If they are planning on possibly extending the time or don;t have a set pick up time that can be counted on, they should transport the kids home, IMHO.

 

[MamaLema]

That's really inconsiderate and rude.

BTW, yesterday I hosted a 4-hour party for DS9 and 12 friends. I was quite organized if I do say so myself

I even wrote the itinerary on the invitation and many parents thanked my for that.

 

[pattyT]

ya - ok - thats a well planned party - NOT
I would have said - tell ya what heres my # - call me when you know...
thanks