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thanks everyone - well, a lot of people didn't go, but all her really good, true friends went, and close relatives. So although we didn't fill up the place completely, at one point it look pretty good. She was very happy and that's all that matters! We didn't have a ton of left overs, I gave my dad some, and my cousins, and I'll have plenty of food for the weekend. Plus I was trying to get all the teenagers to take the balloons but they didn't. So I had each kid let a balloon go into the air for fun. I just know now for next time to really make phone calls ahead of time and to not feel so hurt when people don't show. Thanks again, you guys are awesome! : )
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Sorry to hear that Barbara. My Aunt and Uncle put out invitations for thier bit Easter gathering and a Lot did not respond to them either. Makes it hard to plan how much food you need. I do like the idea of donating the leftovers to the homeless.
When the party is over, and you still have food, save a bit for yourself, and then give the rest to your area homeless shelter (call and make sure they can take it).
I hope the party is a success! Congrats on your DDs graduation!.
This is exactly what we did a few years ago when loads of folks didn't show up for Stefanie's birthday party. The homeless shelter was extremely grateful and we felt much better about the whole situation.
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Unfortunately, very few people RSVP anymore.... I find it ridiculous as it only takes a few seconds to make a phone call... I try to call right away when we get an invite and let them know if we are coming or not.... I have threw a lot of parties over the years; I've had parties where I didn't think many were coming based on RSVP's and had a ton of people show and wasn't prepared.... and I've also had parties where hardly no one came and we had all sorts of leftovers.... After having done it both ways; I agree with the poster that said better to have more than enough than not enough!
I'm glad the party turned out well and your dd enjoyed it!
**One way to guarantee (to an extent) rsvp's is to not put the exact location of the party on the invite- that way they have to call and ask for directions
Glad everything went well. At the last birthday party I had for my oldest DD, I sent out invitations to her classmates asking for RSVP's. I did get a few but on the day of her actual party I got pretty much the same amount of kids I expected just totally different ones than I expected. From the ones who'd replied I had 'no-shows' and kids who I had assumed were not coming as they hadn't replied, showed up. Personally I ALWAYS RSVP and i think it's just common decency to stick to your word either way.
There was a weird story in our newspaper about a party a couple of years ago. There was a local mom who got the idea for her DD's 15th birthday party from that MTV show about the elaborate parties. She had special invitations made up & delivered by male models in a limo. The party was an over the top party including make-overs for her & her best friends. It ended with the birthday girl getting a BMW convertible. The mother had security guards at the door who would not let anyone in that was not on the list that had sent a rsvp. It had a really ironic ending. It came out in the paper later that the mom was arrested for embezzlement. It seems she took 4.5 million dollars from her employer over a couple of years
I'm glad your party was successful. MY DH and DD and I attended a HS graduation party today that I had never RSVP'ed to. The first thing I did when I got there was to go to the hostess and apologize. I had no idea until this afternoon who in my family could go. One child had to work, one was behind in her grad school homework, DH was working on a leak in the kitchen. The hosts were very pleasant and did not yell at me, although they should have.
One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not RSVP to invitations!!! Is is really that hard to pick up a phone and call. Sorry that you have had such a hard time with the invites, but glad to hear the party went well.
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