Caitlyn's birthday is coming up. She has been wanting to see Disney on Ice for a long time so I said I'd get her a couple tickets for her birthday.
She is super excited.
She talked to a friend and they are going and Caitlyn told a couple other of the girls and they were going to make it a girls night out.
I secretly talked to the first friend and said if she could get solid commitments from the other 3, I'd get all the tickets. It's reserved seating and this way they would be sure to sit together.
One of the girls mom's has now invited herself and a 9 yr old girl along.
Granted, she said she would give me the money for those two tickets.
But come on already. Caitlyn and her friends are all 20-22. Now a mom and 9 year old is tagging along.
And just a lititle FYI. The daughter of this mom that is going, still sleeps with her parents because she "can't sleep by herself".
It's rude to invite yourself and a child along, right?
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Can you tell her you are doing this as a girls night for Caitlin's birthday and tell her you'll get her seats somewhere else that way the girls have some independence. Hopefully she'd understand.
Can you tell her you are doing this as a girls night for Caitlin's birthday and tell her you'll get her seats somewhere else that way the girls have some independence. Hopefully she'd understand.
I told the one I was using as a go between that the seats are reserved seating and they are selling fast and I found 5 together. I told her that I don't know if I can get 7 on the same row.
I mean yeah, it's Disney on ice. I bet the average age of those there will be about 8.
And usually a person turning 21 would not want to celebrate at what is basically a kids show.
It just seems these two are always inserting themselves.
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I'm betting there will be two less in the Caitlyn entourage that night.
Gonna give it a day and see.
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I just don't understand inviting yourself along like that.
Who does that?
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I think that it is time to be clear. "Ya know, friend, this is C's 21/22/whatever birthday with her friends and I don't want her to have to have family tagging along. How about 9yr old come celebrate with family at dinner on Sunday after church?"
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What I don't want to happen is for Caitlyn and one friend to end up in one place and the others end up in another.
I think the clingy 22 year old who can't be away from her mom will make a fuss to sit with mom.
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I was kind of thinking that maybe she would be too lazy to get her own tickets! As for the 22 yr old, if she wants to go sit with mom, then who cares? And, dont' invite her next time.
It's reserved seating. If I buy 5 tickets, and that mom buys 2, then they will have to swap seating.
I don't tell my kids who they can and can not invite to things.
They have to learn to navigate relationships. I don't interfere unless I see something wrong. By that I mean treating others badly or trouble.
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Good points. Yeah, I would still invite her, lol. Just depends on how hard line you want to be. But, I agree, let them figure our their own friendships.
