Birthday party around 10 am on a Sunday morning.

[gg1234]

One of my friends invited me to their child's birthday party at 10am on Sunday. AIBU if I refuse to go? What you would have done assuming reaching the venue takes 1 hour. And you have school going kids who need a break on Sunday?

[Tuppencew0rth]

Party venues offer 10am - 12, and 2-4, fairly standard hours. They maybe had to go with what was left.

My daughters party is in a few weeks, on a Sunday at 10 at the soft play. If anyone invited doesn’t want to go, by all means I hope they don’t!! I am paying for it, they can hoof Off if they don’t like it!

[squeekums]

We would struggle to make that time. Hour drive means 9 am leave, means waking at at least 8am. On a sunday........
By the end of a school week we all need a couple days of nothingness, that includes waking when our body is ready.
We have never planned a party for earlier than 12.30pm cos our body clock just dont suit early

[ILoveAutum]

I don't really see an hours drive as a big deal, especially on a sunday when it's quiet, but I suppose some people don't enjoy driving?

They, funnily enough, get a bit pissy if the general public start driving the Tubes.🙄‍🤷🏻‍♀️

[squeekums]

Sad that some parents don’t want to put themselves out so that their DC’s can enjoy celebrating their friends birthdays
If dd wanted to go she would have to get up, i dont see 8am on a sunday happening

A primary school age child who is finding school draining and cant get up early and do anything on a Sunday should probably be sleeping before 9pm of an evening
Ever thought some of us just have a nocturnal body clock naturally. Ever since i was young ive always been more productive and switched on at night. Dd has inherited my body clock.

[Ladyrimmofpinn]

Ridiculous! What is wrong with them?

[Jeanclaudejackety]

I think some people have kids who get up 5am every day until quite late in childhood, my friends dd is like this and she thinks 9am is a sensible time to meet for a weekend park trip. My dd will sleep until 9.30/10 or later on weekends. Not a brag just how she is. More of a night owl. So to get her up for 7.30/8 to leave for just before 9am on a Sunday would be a ballache as both of us like a lie in but if it was a good friend we would go

[finova]

Prefer Sunday parties as lots of children have swimming/dance/football on Saturday mornings.
The morning leaves people free for Sunday lunch too.

[selepele]

hell no who the hell has a party at 10am

[Iseveryusernametaken]

ILoveAutum

Ha ha, I missed a page of the thread didn't I

[TheDowagerCuntess]

Look, you're never going to please everyone, so you might as well please yourself.

You know, rather than trying to keep the random parents of your kids' friends happy...

[GinZing]

YANBU 10am start on a Sunday across town is not my idea of fun either OP. After 5 days of the school run, I prefer my weekend mornings to start a bit later.

I remember when DD was little, I liked to meet friends after lunch so I didn’t have to rush around in the morning when I’m half asleep. I think most people are the other way though.

[WithTwoGiantBoys]

Wait until they are old enough for team sports, we have had tournaments an hour away starting at 8:30 on a Sunday. It's he'll for this night owl, but I don't want them to miss opportunities so put up with it. Even regular training is 9am but at least that's nearby...

[MerryInthechelseahotel]

I hate all this sanctimonious boasting about how someone's child wakes up 4/5 hours before 10am etc

[WithTwoGiantBoys]

Blimey, it isn't sanctimonious boasting, it is bloody awful! There are endless threads looking for solutions to stop it happening. My boys got me up at 5am for YEARS, it was truly horrible. They still get up early, it is a sad sign of the state of me that I now consider 7am to be a lie-in. NOBODY wants their kids to get up at 5am, why would anyone boast about it?

[TheDowagerCuntess]

I hate all this sanctimonious boasting about how someone's child wakes up 4/5 hours before 10am etc

What?

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Sanctimonious boasting. Wtf. I’ve just woken up at 3.30 today. No boasting involved. I’ve always woken early and my mother has been very vocal at her displeasure of this. These days it’s worse. It’s fucking awful. What a twatish thing to say.

[Totempoler]

On a Saturday maybe but Sunday no

[WithTwoGiantBoys]

Solidarity fistbump @TheDowagerCuntess and @Mummyoflittledragon

[SmiledWithTheRisingSun]

I think it's quite an annoying time too OP. Go or don't go. I would decide based on how close the kid was to my DC.

[Yura]

Boasting? about a child waking up at 4 or 5? why would anybody BOAST about that????? are you for real ?

[ForalltheSaints]

I am surprised that 10am on a Sunday would be for anything for a child other than Sunday school or church.

[squeekums]

"I am surprised that 10am on a Sunday would be for anything for a child other than Sunday school or church"

I wouldnt even get dd to church at 10pm on a weekday. Wouldnt waste my time with that vile bullshit.
Dd has never stepped foot in a church in her 8 years of life

[TheDowagerCuntess]

I am surprised that 10am on a Sunday would be for anything for a child other than Sunday school or church.

Then you must live under a rock.

The vast majority of us are heathens these days.

[SoyDora]

I am surprised that 10am on a Sunday would be for anything for a child other than Sunday school or church

Why? I, like many others, choose not to indoctrinate my children.

[Yura]

church is basically a party. you meet with people who have the same values as you and have a good time. no more to it. boluteering is different, but church - no