RSVP for a child's party. How long does it take you?

[fionas]

This is the exact reason I didn't want to host a party for DD2 when the only little people she knows are at childcare and I have no way of chasing people for RSVPs when I don't know their names/phone numbers/emails.

Did you put RSVP on there and no date or did you not put RSVP at all?

ATM I get super-excited whenever DD1 gets invited to a party so I RSVP straightaway - that may change when her party scene really ramps up

[Phteven]

I put RSVP with my contact details but no date.

[fionas]

Well, that's definitely better than nothing!

Can you do some digging? Ask the parents you do know and/or ask party boy to remind his friends (I'm sure he has anyway).

[Phteven]

Seems that Friday is the day for RSVP's in the ACT. We have 4 attendees now plus the birthday boy and his brother. That's a party isn't it?

A bit OT. But texting an RSVP? I've always rung but a text is ok? Because I have a bit of a phone phobia so I'm happy if texting is ok.

[*Ang*]

A bit OT. But texting an RSVP? I've always rung but a text is ok? Because I have a bit of a phone phobia so I'm happy if texting is ok.

I tend to text rsvp's and also receive a lot of rsvp's that way - tends to be a bit the norm nowadays.

[sloane]

i text but i'm not a big one for talking on the phone (despite spending hours at a time on the phone as a teenager!), and i figure once people have children it's sometimes hard to find a convenient time so i just end up texting!

[Rouge]

This is why I love our school. We have such a close nit community that I'd just walk straight up to the parent and ask "Did you get xyz's invitation" or better yet call them via the school phone list.

In saying that...

I am the parent you all hate. When I get birthday invites they get lost, or jammed on the fridge with everything else and because I have this huge phone phobia and I'm always worried about calling at the wrong time if it's someone I don't know I tend to forget because when I go to call it's not a good time (ie. 8:30pm at night). I now generally RSVP via note form to school to the birthday child. As this way I don't freak out over interrupting.