5-year-old fined for missing birthday party...
A snowboarding party sounds awesome!
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7wow both parties are being so immature about the.issue. poor kids
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Haha I saw this, it made me laugh a little. The fact the mom sent an invoice is just ridiculous and threatening to sue over $15 is just outrageous. However, I do think the other parents could have come up with SOME way to contact them letting them now they were no longer able to attend, send a letter to school with the kid for goodness sakes.
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LOL. Good grief. People be crazy.
BUT - it was rude to not let them know they wouldn't be attending.
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Everything @LuLu Mom said. It makes me laugh, but... seriously?
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I kind of side with the mum who threw the party even though I would never send an invoice, just bitch and moan to DH. It's so rude to just not show up to something that someone else paid good money for.
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the lady said she had no way to contact the mom throwing the party, but at the very least, she could have called the venue and let THEM know so it filtered to that mom by proxy
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What if the kid was sick? Would he be expected to show up with the flu? These things happen when you throw any party/event. I think it's ridiculous.
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Yes, it would have been awesome if the parents had let the host know their son would not make it. But to invoice for the cost of that child? That is ridiculous. I'd be upset, but I wouldn't ever ask for the money. That's the responsibility of the host, not the parents of the guests.
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@Ra: that is what I was thinking.
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@Ra: The flu makes an excellent birthday gift
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So, does this mean I can invoice the people who rsvp'd to my wedding and no-showed?
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@Espion: I'm sure it has happened haha
This whole thing is ridiculous. She would have paid the money if the child had been there...it's not like she charged her guests for coming. An invoice is absurd. But sending her husband to the house was a bad call....as was engaging with her on facebook. I would have thrown it in the trash and moved on.
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@Espion: that's what I thought! A wedding costs a hell of a lot more per person than this party (or at least mine did). But we had one no-show and I NEVER would have thought to do this. Because I'm not a nut job.
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The article says the no-show parents accepted the invitation. So they RSVP'd yes? But, when plans changed couldn't use that same RSVP method to let the bday parents know?
It's ridiculous to send an invoice though.
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I don't get it. I mean it's a sunk cost. Yes she could have saved $24 if the kid had rsvp'd no. But if he had showed up, she would have still had to pay for him. And this way she had one less kid to take care of.
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