Would you miss toddler swimming or ballet to attend another child's birthday ?

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Just wondering about this. If you take your child to ballet or swimming weekly on Saturdays or Sunday's or whatever and were invited to another child's birthday - would you miss it to attend the birthday party ?

Yes, prioritised friends

Depends how many parties you were expecting to be invited to. If it were a party every other weekend then no I'm not going to pay for lessons and not go. Every 6 weeks or so, yes I'd go.

Probably

Erm yes.

Unless the kids are in elite sporting or training for the olympics that is

Depends on how close the child was. BFF, yes of course.
Some kid in the class that your DC hardly knows and it’s a whole class invite, I’d give my child the choice

Yep

Yes, provided it didn't end up being every bloody time.

Same as what. Generally for close friends yes, otherwise much less.

Yes, always prioritised parties.

At the moment, yes. Because they have missed out on so many parties and they absolutely love them. My DC are only young and parties are still very much a novelty though.

Toddler lesson? 100% I would miss them.

Toddler ballet? Yes, of course I'd miss it for a friends' party.

It would depend who the invite was from. And which my kids would rather do

Yes, I think it’s far more important to encourage friendships at that age.

No, not necessarily. Classes are expensive and parties can be several a weekend at that age. Maybe for a best friend

Yes I would

Yes for close friends. For others I would leave it to DD to decide which she would rather do.

Yes, fairly confident most toddlers would rather be at a party? Mine would have.

Probably yes, prioritise the party. But if the party was particularly inconvenient (eg location) and if my DC wasn't particularly close to the birthday child, I might stick with the usual activity. I'd lie though, I wouldn't let them know I'd actually chosen swimming lessons over the party!

Yeah

@NellWilsonsWhiteHair

Probably yes, prioritise the party. But if the party was particularly inconvenient (eg location) and if my DC wasn't particularly close to the birthday child, I might stick with the usual activity. I'd lie though, I wouldn't let them know I'd actually chosen swimming lessons over the party!

I think that's probably kindest.

Hmm I think it would depend we've had runs of parties this year so that there is one or more every week for 4 or more weekends (and as we live in a village they tend to be in the same bloody 2 places)
If we prioritised parties over hobbies in that case we'd never go but we'd still have to pay to keep the place open. Thankfully we do evening swimming lessons instead so it's not been an issue.

Yes of course. Anything else is bonkers. Why do you ask OP?

Toddler classes are hardly important

Yes, it doesn't hurt to miss occasionally.

Assuming as a toddler class they are 2-3 in age? As such, yes I'd go to the party. In my opinion the child will get more out of "proper" socialising (playing with kids in their playgroup) than attending a class which the parent is probably pushing onto them, however well meaning their intentions are. And I say that as a parent who signed mine up to anything going.

As toddlers they aren't going to miss anything too groundbreaking nor are likely to care. Annoying for the parent who has paid for the block of lessons of course.

As others have said, potential for no if you've missed 2 or 3 on the spin due to other parties, but all things being equal yes I'd go to the party.