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Vent: never know who's coming to a party!
People these days. You hand them invites. They say "I don't know" or "maybe" or "maybe I'll drop by later" or some crap. Really? If the party is in one week, don't you know yet? Then the "I didn't get the invite" or "I can't go on Saturday" when the party is on Friday. Read the invite!
Just venting. Argh. People drive me crazy. Seriously. Do I buy food and drinks for 10 or 50? I have no idea!!
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Re: Vent: never know who's coming to a party!
I completely understand how you feel. That is why I don't invite my flakey friends to parties anymore. If they ask why I don't invite them, I am honest and say, I need a friend who I can count on to rsvp. Some have gotten better about RSVPing, and the others I am not that good of friends with anymore because of it. The way I look at it is that it's their loss out on the fun, not mine!
Totally feel you! I had prepared a very elaborate spread for 25 this summer and only 8 showed. Seriously, what is the collective problem?
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For the Love of G-d. Why don't people RSVP? Perhaps they don't understand how much work and expense entertaining really is... I hear you!
Ugh, even people DO RSVP, there's no guarantee they will actually show up. On one hand, I think it's good that people are ok with saying "no" to every single social obligation and keeping tabs on how they spend their time and money.
On the other hand, I think too many people feel like they can do whatever they want to do even if they've committed to someone and that someone has spent a lot of time in anticipation of their attendance. That's just rude.
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totally agree it's so annoying!!! and I swear it's the ones that NEVER host anything that don't rsvp. they have no idea.... sorry - but I feel your pain.
I do love evite that you can see when people have looked at the evite - and people who don't send evites sometimes don't even realize how well it tracks stuff like that.
I agree. It's the people who never host that don't realize how important an RSVP is. And I love evite.
I use evite for most social events we have, I don't usually host events formal enough to require paper invites being sent via snail mail. My only evite complaint is that I wish there wasn't a "maybe" option for guests when they RSVP. Maybe is an easy cop out and is not helpful to the host. I want a yes or a no, not a maybe.
I think saying maybe is the new way to decline an invite, since the maybe responders almost never attend. It would be more helpful if people would just say no instead of maybe. Really, you're not going to hurt my feelings if you say no. I'm going to be more peeved if you say maybe and I prepare enough food/drink for you in case you attend, and then the food/drinks end up being wasted when you don't show up. Saying no helps me way more than saying maybe.
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Oh, I'm SO with you here sista! This is SO annoying & becoming more and more common I think. I don't know about you but sometimes I get the feeling that people aren't going to commit until they know that nothing better is going on the same time/date. UGH!
I do use evite or facebook events frequently. My hubby and I really enjoy entertaining and do it a lot. Our philosophy has been that we will provide based on who we know is coming and if more show up without RSVPing (which happens ALL THE TIME) big deal. We take it as flattery that people want to spend time with us and know they are always welcome vs. disappointment that we may look like bad hosts w/o enough food. If we run out of snacks or beverages someone will run and get more and we'll celebrate the friends gathered together whether or not we planned on seeing them. Note: Dinner parties are SO different than this because you're dealing with seating arrangements etc. In those cases I plan on calling to invite people personally and don't rely on invites. Still we occasionally have a no show.
I, in no way, mean to sound snarky. Sometimes it just about readjusting the priorities - enjoying relationships vs. throwing a martha stewart party. I would rather have a house where people know they can drop in anytime.