Ooh, here's another one. I mentioned our party to someone back in early August and she said, "Oh, that's too bad, I'm already going to one." Now really, what are the chances of someone else asking her to another party in the summer?
I have to agree with the post about people leaving and everyone following them. It bothers me when I have friends leave because they have another place to goto (even though I planned my party well in advance of the other) and they know it. It makes everyone feel they need to leave.
One year I had my regular Halloween party guests up and exit in mass to another party and left me at 9:00 with an empty house. They all went to another friends party. I felt it was rude, especially since the other party was someone who knew about my party and date and I think they did theirs in competition with mine. That was the last year I invited them to my Halloween party. I skipped a year and the invited entirely different people from then on.
I don't understand people who do things like this. RSVP doesn't mean anything to people anymore. I'd rather they just not come than to tell me they will and leave after an hour or so.
One year I had my regular Halloween party guests up and exit in mass to another party and left me at 9:00 with an empty house. They all went to another friends party. I felt it was rude, especially since the other party was someone who knew about my party and date and I think they did theirs in competition with mine. That was the last year I invited them to my Halloween party. I skipped a year and the invited entirely different people from then on.
I don't understand people who do things like this. RSVP doesn't mean anything to people anymore. I'd rather they just not come than to tell me they will and leave after an hour or so.
That same exact thing happened to me earlier this summer for our 4th of July bbq (we have one every year). Some guy in our circle of friends had a party that same day and some people had to leave early. Luckily though, I had a lot of guests left over, but it was still annoying.
Last year I had two separate guests, both close friends of mine not come because they were each going to weddings. That would be fine but they were both going to weddings of people they barely knew (if at all). Huh? Who goes to strangers weddings? And someone mentioned people watching baseball during the party-I haven't had that happen during a Halloween party, but during other parties. Once I was left outside by myself during a pool party watching everyone else's kids in the pool while their parents went in and watched tv. I was NOT a happy camper!
I give out PLENTY of notice when I'm having party so people can keep the date open. I get so many "maybe's" and it drives me crazy. I can't plan a party around "maybe." Some are valid, but for the most part it feels like people just waiting to see if anything better comes along. But this past year I've kept a list of people I invite to all kinds of events I host. The people that accept and then decline at the last minute and the people that always give me "maybe" get a 3 strikes and your out type of deal. I'm not going to keep wasting my time inviting people that can't give me the common courtesy of making a decision.
On a positive note, I'm having my Halloween decoration unveiling party this weekend and I got more "yes" than I was expecting.
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I give out PLENTY of notice when I'm having party so people can keep the date open. I get so many "maybe's" and it drives me crazy. I can't plan a party around "maybe." Some are valid, but for the most part it feels like people just waiting to see if anything better comes along. But this past year I've kept a list of people I invite to all kinds of events I host. The people that accept and then decline at the last minute and the people that always give me "maybe" get a 3 strikes and your out type of deal. I'm not going to keep wasting my time inviting people that can't give me the common courtesy of making a decision.
On a positive note, I'm having my Halloween decoration unveiling party this weekend and I got more "yes" than I was expecting.
I have at least 15 "Maybe's" this year, not including those people's guests. Party is in 2 weeks!
party in 2 weeks here too and I've got 3, count em, 3 yes rsvps so far. I've got 3 no rsvps and 1 maybe. Then a whole bunch who have told either me or Brian they are coming but didn't rsvp. So, I'm not sure at all how many people we are getting. So frustrating! I feel like sending email and leaving voicemails that say !@#$%^&*. Hopefully we get some more rsvps next week because we are doing the party shopping next weekend.
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