DS, who has had to move school and who has trouble making friends anyway, has asked for a football party for his birthday.
He has chosen 9 from his old school, two of his old nursery friends, and I've suggested 4 from his new school.
I'm certain they won't all come (one in particular DS wrote a note for and was in tears at missing and I passed on my number with the note and no contact at all) but the coach says because the hall we chose isn't huge he'd suggest maximum 10.
So I was going to ask the most likely (mainly my friends' DCs) and the new school DCs and give them a couple of weeks to reply and then invite the less likely ones from the old school.
But then I'm a bit worried about the no shows as if we get loads the numbers will be a bit small for them to have any fun.
So as a ballpark how many no shows do you reckon you normally get per 10 DCs?
If we get very few replies at all I will tell DD (who also does football with the same coach) she can ask a couple of friends as well.
(Other info, it's a Sat pm, in Jan but after they go back to school).