Mine was from friends of 20 years.

Their parents came over Saturday morning.... what that has to do with a party at 7pm that night I have no clue.

We threw a kiddo party and mostly everybody showed up. One kids excuse was hilarious though- he had to go to a funeral from 6-9 on a Friday night Sounds far-fetched.

Mine was "my husband got called into work". Okay, and you couldn't come without him? Not that they ever come to a party we have. They are always inviting us to things and 90% of the time we go to their parties but they never show up to any party we have.

My favorite one from this year is from a friend that has been telling us for two months how excited he was about coming....seriously, two months! Every day he talked about how cool it was going to be. Then..


"So what happened to you last night? You didn't call to say something came up or anything"

"Uhhh..I know...You were suppose to go shopping with me to find a costume but you never called to go and I didn't know anyone that would be there at the party except for you guys"

rofl

I don't get the " I don't have a date." one either.

"I" didn't have a date and "I" hosted.

Ah well.... their loss.

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I usually just get a simple "We don't like you"

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"I wanna kill you,dig you up and do it again!"

We've gotten most of those plus
"We can't come if we can't bring the kids"

Next year I'm having a Vampire themed party and I'm going to make it costumes MANDATORY!
So for those who use that excuse or one of the costume ones they are gonna miss out.
And if somebody can't afford a pair of 2 dollar plastic fangs and tie a garbage bag cape around their neck then they are bigger losers than I thought and won't get another invite.

I'm sick of the no rsvp-ing and the lame excuses before and after the party!

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It blows my mind that some people that we consider friends are reliably unreliable.

They used to do things all the time - chili cook off, camping, boat trips, etc... but now? They say they are IN and at the last minute, bail. No big deal for a party, but for a boat trip that requires planning and reservations... it is rude. I recommend not asking, but they usually get an invite anyway.

The common denominator in most of our friends lives that don't show up is a wife from another social circle. They'd rather sit at home than be around people they don't know. So, they do.

I quite honestly don't care about excuses. If people want to come to my party they will find a way. I know of 1-2 who had legitimate excuses, and i KNEW they really wanted to come, but as for others, so what. I had 40+ fun people, I don't really care about what the other 80 we invited had to do.

What I like are the ones that when I ask in the summer say "you kidding? I wouldn't miss it for the world!!!'

We got two excuses this year.

One was "we are sick and have been all week." Fine with me, I don't want to catch it. Thanks for being responsible.

The other was, "The kids are being impossible, and I just yanked going to the party as a consequence." Gotta agree with that one too. Sometimes it is necessary to do something drastic to remind the kids that you mean business.

On the other hand, one person came to the party after having driven clear across the state. Now that's my kind of party guest!

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