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Whatever happened to the RSVP?

June 16, 2019 by Nolie

I need to rant. Why does society think it is OK to not RSVP to an invitation?

I realized like 6 years ago society has forgotten how to RSVP. I stopped having birthday parties for my kids cause I was sick of it. But I thought this year I would let me son invite 5 school friends to a special party that is costing me a pretty penny since it is his last year at this school.

Guess how many RSVP’ed. THREE!

Two weeks ago I had my son ask the two kids I didn’t have an RSVP for to ask their parents and have them email me. Crickets.

One of the moms I know so was able to message her. She replied it was Father’s Day and she was working and her husband hadn’t replied to her yet if he had plans or not. Oops, my bad didn’t check the calendar when I booked the event.

However, it is now Saturday night (the party is tomorrow) and still no RSVP for these two kids. Pisses me off.

If someone invites you to an event you should at least have manners and RSVP to let them know if you can attend or not. Events cost money and most are a minimum attendance.

This also happened for our wedding. Our venue only held 45 people. We had to piss off a lot of people due to limited space. Only 20 bothered to show up.

My kid will enjoy his party with the two who did RSVP and can attend. But I am paying for five.

Back to no birthday party’s after this year and instead of having special family days that the kids pick.

Thanks for letting me rant.

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