DS(6) is in Y2, and after a few years of attending whole class parties (pandemic permitting) I am finding them a bit draining.
I don't mind if it is a genuine friend of DS's, but on several occasions he has literally only been in it for the cake and to play with his preferred friends, and the party DC also wouldn't have noticed or cared if he was there or not. These are big parties with maybe 40 DC and at least as many adults.
We're skipping the next one and meeting friends instead. And I'm thinking I could just...take my weekends back!
But I feel like everyone else goes, and maybe I should bring DS? I thought we would be on fewer, smaller parties by now.