It's like a flood, invite after invite to ever flashier parties. We bought a shell of a house a few years ago to do up, in an area otherwise out of our league, plus it's really gone up as an area. A lucky stroke is the school ds got into, but bloody help it is affluent beyond what I imagined!
Each party tends to be whole class (or about half plus loads of friends and family), at a venue that's £15+ a head plus expensive extras. The last one I drove to, the car park looked like a showroom that'd I'd parked a slightly beat-up matchstick car in!
I'm starting to consider invite refusal! Or saving up from now to august when it's ds's turn. Obviously I've done parties before, tending to be home-based or small crowds at a cheaper venue.
Light-heartedness aside...what do others do? Save and shell-out? not go? Go but don't host? by august ds will think it's the norm... I'm happy to say no to the dc, but i seems rude to semi-join in.
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WrongWayWound · 15/01/2015 14:21
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