The lost art
I have decided that actually responding to a RSVP is a lost art. We went to a new years party and I was talking to my host. I was unhappy to hear that none of my friends RSVP. All of theses people had talked to me and said they were not coming, but none of them contacted the host.The host stated that she assumed since she had not heard from them that they were not coming. RJ's b-day party is Sunday. If I hold that same assumption to be true then no one is coming. 9 invites went out. I have received 4 No's and thats it (obviously we picked a bad day to hold it) So if a no response equals no then total kids coming is 0. I only received 2 of those Nos after I emailed the parents. I have a email out to three more of the parents with no response yet. (I don't have email for the last 2 parents) I do understand with B-day parties for kids there is a lot of last minute RSVP - I also understand that there is a chance that the kids are RSVPing to RJ directly and he is forgetting. (one email stated that the kid did RSVP her No to RJ - he states he doesn't remember her saying anything)BUT I would like to prep RJ/make other plans if no one or even only 1 or 2 kids are coming. The party would look very different if all 5 kids showed vs only 1. For example I would talk to RJ to see if he does want to invite the neighbor kids (who are much younger, but he plays with all the time) He wanted to invite them in the first place but I said no because a 1st grader and 2nd grader don't fit in with 9 5th graders - they would be fine with 1 or 2 though. I am just frustrated and feeling bad for RJ. I want him to have a good B-day party.