to think the mum who said her ds would be at dd's party then......

[2shoes]

didn't show is a rude cow person.
no phone call, text or email. whatever happened to manners?

more likely forgot.

i have done that, twice with dd3 - i never did tell her but of the guilt
and in danger of doing in on tuesday,
tis in the middle of the hols after all.

Go one then 2shoes, how old are my two children?

no idea but then I don't know you.

i have done it more than once in 16 years as a parent

sadly with old age and lots of dc's i am more likely than ever to forget

would apologise though

i tell a lie sussies I saw your thread about a nasty woman in sn(the thread was in sn not the woman)

2 shoes i hope your dd had a really good party
and that the no show is ok?

we went through a stage when ds was a bit younger (7 or 8, when he finished school for the end of term and came home with the contents from his drawer there was always a couple of party invitations in there that he had forgotton to bring home, so I had not responded to the invitation, how bloody embarassing. I apologised to the mothers.

I also must admit I have forgotton to take ds to a party once, and never apologised because, I genuinely didn't remember until weeks later and was too embarassed to say it then.

If she doesn't explain and apologise.....then yes YANBU ......BUT you don't know what may have happened..
I had a very stroppy message on my phone on Mothers Day from the restaurant we had booked a table for (AND paid a deposit) basically saying we were very rude and inconsiderate for not showing....we just so happened to be in casualty with a very ill 9 week old being told she had septicaemia and may need to be intubated and go to ICU that the prognosis was worrying - suffice to say the last thing on our minds was ringing the stinky restaurant (they kept the deposit) ...so yes YABU it may be something more tha just not being arsed !

(am now worried and hopping lad is ok)

any update on the non-attendee?

yesterday i was supposed to be going to a party with ds2.i phoned when invites came out to say i was going.yesterday i went to my mil funeral.a childrens party was last thing on my mind.i am a very rude cow.

don't jump to conclusions. GS was due at a party last year and literally one hour before we should have set off, I started throwing up and within another 15 mins, so did GS. We had destroyed the invite with the mums number on and so were unable to contact her until they were all back at school some weeks later. Wasn't rude, or bad manners - just priorities and circumstances.

how odd that this popped back up......spooky
dd went back to school yesterday. today she cam home wearing a lovely t shirt and hair band that said boy had given her.
there was a card saying hope you had a happy birthday and party. very nice of mum.....but how odd not to say sorry.
still twice bitten(she did something odd last party) so will send nice thank you and never invite again.

perhaps the ds who didnt come (nice to give a pressie) was scared of parties? as some are

lol
it is a strange on. the ds has a lot of sn and she doesn't take him out on her own. has to have carer or dh with her. (something to do with him choking if he has a fit) so last party she couldn't bring him and turned up said hello and went.
so tbh not overly suprised that they didn't show as she has a baby as well now. BUT was suprised she didn't call.
still like all party people now it is long over. I am well over it. will just stay clear in future.