Clash - 4th birthday party or naming ceremony?

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We have a double booking of a 4th birthday party and a friends baby naming ceremony.

The birthday party is a work friend, who's wife I have become friendly with and the invite is for DD and us to go to a play farm or something like that. Friend emailed me ages ago to save the date.

Today I have received and invite for a naming ceremony for our friends little girl, they've recently moved about 20 miles away and we rarely see them any more . I feel that should take priority as they are older friends and a naming ceremony is a bit more special than a birthday I suppose, but the friend who's DD is having a birthday did let me know ages ago.

Of course this may all be a moot point as the date is 18th September and DC2 is due 21st! So I may not be able to go to either.

WWYD?

I would go to the naming ceremony and arragnge to do something else on another day with the friend and birthday girl.

Although as you say, you might not be doing either

That's a good idea, I'm sure the little girl won't mind, she'll have plenty of friends, but don't want to offend the parents.

I would do the farm as it was booked first. It makes me really cross when people I invite to things hold out for a better invite and cancel. Very rude - and I probably would not give you a second chance.

Not holding out for a better invite at all, and to be honest at 40 weeks pg I'd rather not go to either event! I will just want to be crashed out in bed at home! However a naming ceremony does seem a bit more 'special' (to the parents at least) than a birthday party, and they are friends we don't get to see very often.

Clearly I am not that rude or else I wouldn't be on here worrying about the issue!

Can your friend take your dd to the party and you go to the naming ceremony. If you are still out and about that would be by far the most restful option for you. I think a good friend would understand, birthday parties happen everyyear, naming ceremonies only once.