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07.15.08, 08:00 AM General Topics
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My just heart broke ... i spent all my energy in throwing db a 1st birthday party , where almost evrything went wrong for me, and now the people at my job i overheard thinks my family has no couth.. where is a rock so i can crawl under?? im never throwing a party again :( [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.15.08, 08:00 AM Flag
 

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why do you care what ppl from your job thinks? I would love to see their families [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:01 AM Flag
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you invited people from your job to your dc's 1st bd party? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:03 AM Flag
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i invited about 3 of them , ive been at the company for 10 years theyve known me since i was a teenager. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:11 AM Flag
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sounds like they're not the friends you thought they were. I'm sorry...in the future, best to keep work and personal relationships/gatherings separate, IMHO and experience. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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I have family members who are ghetto, loud, uneducated BUT they are my family. They are good ppl..rough around the edges but good ppl. I don't care what others think of them. Don't bother inviting outsiders to a family event [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:03 AM Flag
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op: i think i'll follow this for the next time. i was soo embarassed even at the party i wanted to leave, at least they are nice enough to be nice to my face but ive heard alot since monday...ughh [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:08 AM Flag
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or: then they aren't ppl worth your time if they can't see ppl who have diff. ways of doing things and must gossip about it at work. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:11 AM Flag
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yeah i agree, i have to keep my poker face and act like its not killing me inside. not like it means anything but it was my husband and his family , i have no family but still none the less im guilty by association. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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The best you can do is find the humor in the situation and start laughing about it. See if you can salvage a great story from the wreckage. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:03 AM Flag
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you invited your coworkers to your db's 1st bday party? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:04 AM Flag
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:09 AM Flag
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not all but like 3 close ones that saw my disasterous party [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:10 AM Flag
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what was so bad about the party? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:11 AM Flag
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there was no music for the first 2 hours-my husband didnt care enough to come and fix it ahead of time so all my invites saw him thrown on the floor fixing a stereo :(, the sternos cooked everyone out in party for the first 2 hours, my friend offered her house so she didnt have enough toilet paper and didnt even mention that we needed, no spoons to serve, the face paint didnt even work and everyone looked bored out of their minds, while my husband hanged outside the house ,and everything was up to me to fix while my world was crumbling and countless other things i didnt see to so i was told [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:19 AM Flag
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You had a birthday party that lasted longer than 2 hours? For a 1 yo? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:20 AM Flag
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Sorry babe, throwing a 1st birthday party is always for the family-blood and chosen. Cake in the playground when they're 2-3 and small, w/pre-k friends and some family for the next few years. BTW, they aren't too nice if they're dissing behind your back...Try to remember that they nearly all have 'dubious' family members and have all had embarrassing days. Ever heard of nervous laughter? Whomever smelt it dealt it?? Try to laugh about this-they're acting like chimps. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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my lesson is totally learned , ive felt like shit ever since the whole thing [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:20 AM Flag
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you should have listened to us from the beginning. a 1st birthday is for family only. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 12:19 PM Flag
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Who would look for couth at a 1 yo birthday party? And why did you invite people from your work? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:17 AM Flag
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I'm sorry it was such a disaster, but it also sounds a little like maybe you were trying to show off to your friends and it backfired. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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no actually i wanted to have a bday party that actually functioned thats all [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 08:35 AM Flag
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I can sympathize with you. It's difficult when your have high expectations for your DC I also got a little in over my head with the 1st b-day. Decided to make the cake myself and it totally flopped on the day of. My parents had to go buy one from the grocery store. MIL got a photographer that didn't show up until the last 5 min. of the party (she told him to take a hike). All in all, it was not a flop but def keeping it much more low key this year. Doubt I will have a big party for DD #2's first b-day. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 10:28 AM Flag
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^^^I meant, "when you have high expectations for your DC's big day." [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 10:30 AM Flag
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Actually the description of this party sounds pretty hilarious. Your husband on the floor with the stereo, no toilet paper, and I don't really know what "the sternos cooked everyone out in party." If it were me, if there were drinks for the adults, I think I would just relax and enjoy myself. I mean, it's the company that matters, right? I'd rather go to your party than one where everything seems oh-so-purrr-fect. I bet people had a better time than you think. You have strange co-workers if they told you you have "no couth". It's a funny old-fashioned words and I don't know anyone who uses it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.15.08, 12:14 PM Flag
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I agree, and I don't get the whole thing. Is this an east coast party? "Uncouth"? Who are these freaks? A 1-yr old's party is really for the adults and the silly pictures of the baby smashing up cake (baby will recall nothing). So your coworkers can't deal with ppl "below" their extremely awesome status and brilliant ivy educations? Makes me want to puke, what a bunch of snobby losers. I'd find a new job if my coworkers were such jerks. Were there drinks? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.16.08, 09:22 AM Flag
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