Mum has plans for kids who won’t come to her daughter’s birthday party

Having a low turn-out for a child's birthday party is never the greatest feeling.

You've gone to all the effort to throwing an event, getting the food in, and having a few sneaky bottles of vino stashed away for you and the other mums to enjoy while the kids eat cake very far away from you. If there are no kids, there are no mums. And if there are mums, that means no vino. And an upset child, of course. One Mumsnet user has found herself in this very predicament and is worried about all the money she's potentially going to be wasting if no one shows up. She's also wondering if she can invoice the parents of the absent children for this cash. On the parenting forum, user 'agirlcalledmove' wrote:

"...To send a terse note to these families? And maybe an invoice. My Daughter is 16. Her party is tomorrow.... first one for 5 years. I have saved forever to do a fun and unusual activity for her "friendship group". Invites given out late July before school broke up. Reminder invites by instagram in August before deadline for paying deposit and ordering/paying for food. Directions to venue and disclaimers along with paper reminder given out at beginning of this week for invitees. TONIGHT 3 people have told daughter they are not coming. 2 have yet to say yes or no. Out of 12 (including daughter). Minimum for activity is 10. When, just when did people become so rude and unfeeling never mind unconscious of wasting money????????????????"

Judging by the intense number of question marks at the end of her post, 'agirlcalledmove' seems pretty mad about the fact that people just can't manage to RSVP to events well in advance anymore. While some users agreed with the post, stating that it was very rude indeed for these teenagers to respond so late, others were less empathetic. "Did they say they were coming before you paid the deposit? If they didn't, they're rude for not responding but you were a bit silly to book," said Mumsnet user, 'DailyMailReadersAreThick.' However, once 'agirlcalledmove' responded saying that yes, all of the children's parent had to sign a release form for the event (paintballing), almost everyone was in agreement that dropping out this late in the game was, in fact, rude. It remains to be seen whether 'agirlcalledmove' will invoice these parent for the money she is losing. We just hope her daughter gets to have a nice birthday party.