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18-04-2015 21:42 #21
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18-04-2015 22:30 #22
If we wrote this people would know that we were joking as we're not demanding-type people.
We would only be inviting those close to us, so I could perhaps talk to people individually about not buying him anything. We've already gone through and donated perfectly good toys to charity just due to the fact that we don't have the space. We're giving away our baby things just to move them out.
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19-04-2015 00:37 #23
Could you maybe put something along the lines of 'please no gifts but feel free to bring a plate of food to share'?
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19-04-2015 12:20 #24
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19-04-2015 12:34 #25
I'm guessing it's for a child's birthday? Could you maybe do a picnic theme/style (if outside), you could set up picnic blankets, picnic style games around and just have a long table where people can pop whatever they bring down. You could provide the main food and maybe ask them to bring a dessert to share? My friends/family tend to do this anyway, it's really lovely.
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19-04-2015 12:38 #26
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I went and took ds to one of these parties once. They stated no presents . So I didn't bring one. Everyone else bought one. As I was leaving the auntie of the birthday child asked me what I had bought as they wanted to do thank you cards. I was. REALLY annoyed. I lied and said a Winnie the Pooh book as I didn't want everyone to think I was a cheapskate. The mum came up to me a couple of times after that saying she couldn't find it. Never again.
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19-04-2015 13:57 #30
I was thinking similar myself. I have my DD's 1st birthday party in just under 7 weeks time, and I'd thought about asking people to bring a plate. I worried then though whether people might think it was rude to effectively be asking them as guests to cater for a party I was supposed to be hosting.
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