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It's always a bit deflating when few people show up to your party. It's hard not to take it personally. "Why wouldn't they show up? They said they would make it, so why didn't they? Do they not like me? Do I throw bad parties?"
We all like to think that we leave such insecurities behind when we become adults but we never actually do.
You don't have to go however this thread is about people who RSVP'd and didn't show up like they have in previous years. When you're invited to a party, don't RSVP with a yes and then not show up.
We are assuming that the husbands RSVP's. Remember the wives and kids still went to the party. Should the family have stated that they were not going to show up when the wife and kids intended to show up?
We are assuming that the husbands RSVP's. Remember the wives and kids still went to the party. Should the family have stated that they were not going to show up when the wife and kids intended to show up?
The wife uses evite and the RSVPs came in the form of "YES for 2 adults and 1 kid"
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Originally Posted by SOON2BNSURPRISE
I have been thinking about this party and so it seems that the OP had a housefull of women all to himself and he is complaining.
Not even close, if you read the OP. If I hadn't invited a bunch of other friends (and they all came) a week out that would have been more of the case.
The wife uses evite and the RSVPs came in the form of "YES for 2 adults and 1 kid" Can't help you here
Not even close, if you read the OP. If I hadn't invited a bunch of other friends (and they all came) a week out that would have been more of the case. Sounds as if you had people at your party then
Still not sure what the problem is though. People were at the party. I would figure that if someone does not show up then they are missing out. Mybe something happened. Maybe work called, maybe, well we can go on and on. None of us knows what happened. I did not read that you asked the wife's of these guys what happened either. None of us have the answer, only those that did not arive at the party. Maybe no one will ever know because many people just are not that truthfull when it comes to events such as these. No one wants to be told that their event just is not fun anymore or that another activity was happening.
I asked a few people and no one knew what it was. A co-worker googled it and found out that it is a white elephant gift exchange. Yea I know I could have googled it but sometimes it is more fun to just let a question ride.
I have never taken part in a White Elephant gift exchange untill this past Christmas and that was a blast. Not sure what the rules are but how it was explained to me was everyone has a number with 1 going first and so on. The 2nd person can choose #1's gift or pick another gift. The last person has their choice of all gifts. If someone chooses a gift that has allready been chosen that gift is now not part of the game, meaning that the first person to unwrap the gift can have it taken from them once and someone else can take it from that person, locking the gift out of the game.
The game was a lot of fun with a good mixture of gifts from both the women and the men. The kids did not play the game. My thought is that maybe having only the women do it that the men were feeling left out. LOL
Thanks! Not to be mean but it sounds boring.
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A yankee swap is when they swap their pets
Sorry, don't understand your answer. Maybe because I just had a drink...
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