First birthday PSA

[Dorothy Zbornak]

For fuck's sake, remember two things:

1. Have enough food
2. Have booze on hand!

Guess where we were today.

[carawestt]

Ugh I hate when parties run out of food. Most annoying thing ever.

[Regina Philange]

A birthday party!!!

[unclejesse]

Methinks you need to invest in a flask.

[pinkpeony6210]

Jan 13, 2013 15:57:38 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

For fuck's sake, remember two things:

1. Have enough food
2. Have booze on hand!

Guess where we were today.

:Y: :Y:

[bebeetmoi]

The amount we're being charged per head, we better not run out of food!
Does it make me sound like a lush ifI think running out of booze is worse...?

[silverjm]

Admittedly, I don't attend a lot children's birthday parties, but I have never been to one with booze. Maybe it's just that my family aren't big drinkers. Running out of food is terrible though.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Wine, a little beer, anything. Not copious amounts ... just enough to make it all a little more palatable.

[erniebufflo]

Jan 13, 2013 16:15:24 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Wine, a little beer, anything. Not copious amounts ... just enough to make it all a little more palatable.

Seriously. I mean, it's not like the party is really for the kids at this point. It's gonna be a bunch of grownups at ours. And we will be drinking.

[laurack]

No booze? But.. Then.. Why

[The Foozzler]

Those are the 2 party rules I follow for any party I host. Keep em full and tipsy. That's my motto.

[rjamz]

Jan 13, 2013 16:00:07 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

Methinks you need to invest in a flask.

Totes.

I just got back from a 2 year old near party. There was tons of food and booze. You should've just flown over and come with me instead

[muppetinma]

The place we're having Andrew's party doesn't allow alcohol. Luckily, I've had MANY years practice hiding that shit. Since it's Dr. Seuss themed, it'll be pretty east to make fun drinks, give them crazy names, and have nobody know.

[rainbowchip]

We have our parties at our Village hall and if we want to server alcohol we have to hire a security guard for $25 an hour. No thanks! It's a kids party, you can survive 3 hours without booze. Flame the hell out of me if you want!

[lauranicole91]

Jan 13, 2013 19:20:25 GMT -5 rainbowchip said:

We have our parties at our Village hall and if we want to server alcohol we have to hire a security guard for $25 an hour. No thanks! It's a kids party, you can survive 3 hours without booze. Flame the hell out of me if you want!

We can get flamed together then.

Haha. Pey stole my phone and hit send.

Anyways until I saw this thread I didn't even realize booze were expected at a kids party...but maybe that's because there will be a lot of kids at Peyton's party. Oh well.

[Deleted]

I think all parties should have booze. Especially parties with multiple people under 5.

But, I'd still come to Laura and rainbow's parties. I'd pregame and make dh drive me

[lauranicole91]

Jan 13, 2013 19:50:42 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

I think all parties should have booze. Especially parties with multiple people under 5.

But, I'd still come to Laura and rainbow's parties. I'd pregame and make dh drive me

Lol at pre gaming!!!

[TrudyCampbell]

Oh I will most certainly be serving booze! Otherwise my friends might not show up . Oh, and I can't be around mine and DH's family without a slight buzz going on.

[browneyedhunni85]

Jan 13, 2013 19:20:25 GMT -5 rainbowchip said:

We have our parties at our Village hall and if we want to server alcohol we have to hire a security guard for $25 an hour. No thanks! It's a kids party, you can survive 3 hours without booze. Flame the hell out of me if you want!

No flaming from me. I feel the same way. I think it's weird to have booze at kids parties. I've never experienced this until a few years ago and the adults got drunk. It was classy and I judged the hell out of them.

[erniebufflo]

Jan 13, 2013 19:20:25 GMT -5 rainbowchip said:

We have our parties at our Village hall and if we want to server alcohol we have to hire a security guard for $25 an hour. No thanks! It's a kids party, you can survive 3 hours without booze. Flame the hell out of me if you want!

No flaming... I just won't be renting a space for years, at least. Small and homespun (and tipsy) is how I roll.

[erniebufflo]

There is no way I would go to someone else's kid's birthday party if there weren't drinks. I basically need a buzz to stand other people's children. Kid's parties are sooooooo not my scene. But, pre-kids, I didn't even babysit except for a few select friends. I just don't like OPK.

[rainbowchip]

Don't get me wrong, there would be booze it I was able to have it at our house. Though I am kinda glad that my house only fits like 5 people in it because I would spend way too much on alcohol.

[mikehoncho]

Jan 13, 2013 20:40:29 GMT -5 erniebufflo said:

There is no way I would go to someone else's kid's birthday party if there weren't drinks. I basically need a buzz to stand other people's children. Kid's parties are sooooooo not my scene. But, pre-kids, I didn't even babysit except for a few select friends. I just don't like OPK.

LOL, I don't know who's "scene" kid's birthday parties are, but I'm instantly afraid of them. There's a guy that roams a nearby town, his name is Slippery Bob. Kid's birthday parties might be his scene.

[mikehoncho]

Oh, and we will be renting a space probably but it will still be small. I just don't have a big enough house for everyone to come here, unless it is nice and I kick everyone outside. Plus.. no clue where we will be living by then. Anyway, just because it isn't at home doesn't mean it won't be homey or intimate.

[erniebufflo]

Jan 13, 2013 20:49:37 GMT -5 mikehoncho said:

Jan 13, 2013 20:40:29 GMT -5 erniebufflo said:

There is no way I would go to someone else's kid's birthday party if there weren't drinks. I basically need a buzz to stand other people's children. Kid's parties are sooooooo not my scene. But, pre-kids, I didn't even babysit except for a few select friends. I just don't like OPK.

LOL, I don't know who's "scene" kid's birthday parties are, but I'm instantly afraid of them. There's a guy that roams a nearby town, his name is Slippery Bob. Kid's birthday parties might be his scene.

I literally laughed. CH if you will.

[Deleted]

Kids parties need booze. Hell, all parties need booze. I do not enjoy other people's kids. No I won't get smashed but a drink or two to make all the noise a little less loud, yes please. Also, booze is healthier than soda

[creamsiclechica]

We'll have wine and beer, sure, but I gotta be honest, it's my kid's first birthday, and to me, that's a huge deal, and I want to take it all in and have fun with her, so I don't want to do that buzzed. I know she won't remember it, but that's not the point. I will remember it, and it's about celebrating her. And I'd be pretty pissed off my friends or family said "kids parties aren't my thing," and thought their attendance was dependent on how buzzed they could get to deal with it. That's just me.

[erniebufflo]

Lately, I feel like cream is breaking up with me.

[lydiasings28]

I have mixed feelings about this. I feel like the party should be celebrating my kid and I think I would be offended if the only way my friends would come is if they could get their drank on. As in, you can't put up with it for an hour? If I wanted to drink with my friends, I'd go out and drink with my friends.

All that being said, I can see where being surrounded by screaming kids would make someone want to get sloshed, but it's just NMS I guess :/


Eta: Cream, you beat me to it, but ditto to everything you said!

[erniebufflo]

Also: I should say, my definition of "buzz" is "one glass of wine." Which is what I've got going on right now while livetweeting the Golden Globes. It's not like I'm getting trashed at kids parties.

For serious, though, outside of a few close friends, having to go to parties full of children is something I seriously dread about parenthood.