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[occasionalrain]

She shouldn't have needed to send a bill, the family of the no show kid should have insisted on paying the $24.

[Shorty2U]

That's ridiculous! Wasting the courts time again. And what lawyer even takes these cases? Stupid!

This story reminds me of Dr.'s;

I even think Dr.'s are ridiculous charging a fee for "A" missed appt. I can see if its more than 1 missed appt. but cars break down, weather happens. So at some point Im sure everyone has missed "1" appt. Ive already had Dr.s call me and change my appt. many times. I wondered if I could charge them? lol.

Also it cracks me up when Drs have signs if youre 10 minutes late they wont see you. Im always on time but @ my pain Dr. Ive seen handicapped people come via a special services bus, and because the bus was late (by no fault of the patient), the Dr. wouldn't see them! If I was late and they wouldn't see me Id yell because Drs are often late, sometimes an HOUR late.

Well all I can say about all of this is its a self centered hypocritical world now days. And I HOPE this case with the boy and the party is thrown OUT.

[kittymomNC]

I'm glad I don't have young children in this day and age. This is ridiculous. We were glad for whatever kind of party we could have... if we could have one. It was nice to be able to have one or be invited to one, and then it was just cake and ice cream and some games and party hats (sometimes no party hats). And the presents were small ones, and every child didn't get a "party bag" to take home. It was pretty much the same way when my son was little. Parties were not "extravaganzas" thrown to "one up" other parents.

Having a birthday party for a small child that costs $24.00 PER CHILD is just wrong, in my personal opinion. I don't know a lot about children's parties nowadays because I don't have grandchildren, unfortunately, but my friends do, so what is this teaching children? If people have to keep up with the Joneses, let them do it with adult things, not at the expense of the emotional health of children. JMHO

[Marienkaefer2]

On 1/21/2015 Irshgrl31201 said:

On 1/21/2015 Marienkaefer2 said: I think when you throw a party....birthday, whatever...You take into account that there will be no shows..That's just life. I think it was inconsiderate of the parents not to call, but on the other hand, this mother is out of control with this....civil claims court? I say get over it.

I agree. Won't it cost her more to file than it would actually be worth?

I do think it is very inconsiderate and RUDE for people to be no shows to anything unless there is a true emergency.

I just think these people are going way overboard. If you can afford $24 a person, then you can afford it whether the kid shows up.or not. As someone else posted, wouldn't it just mean more party favors, food etc for everyone else? It's not like anything is going to waste is it? As far as entertainment, etc, wouldn't that still be the same if the one child attended or not? Sure, it's rude of the other parents, but is it worth pursuing like this? Doesn't it hurt the child, who had no.control over this anyway? There are lots of rude people in the world, and every day of life you're going to get hit with it. The only way to avoid it is to be a hermit. My thought is, is this particular situation really worth making a federal case out of? Chalk it up to.experience, and move on. That's my opinion anyway.

[occasionalrain]

The parents of the no show child should't be surprised if their child excluded from future parties. Who would invite a child who accepts an invitation but doesn't bother to show up?

[Mom2Dogs]

I find that to be ridiculous...but my step daughter spends a huge, and I mean huge amount on the birthday party for our granddaughter, no way would $24 cover a no-show but of course they would never invoice the no show parents either! What happened to cake and ice cream with grandma and grandpa...our granddaughter is only 7 and has had big parties since she was 3!!