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Contribution for birthday party - OK or not?

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  • #152
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    CaraMay wrote: »
    Exactly. It's like 'come out to the pub for a quiet drink for my birthday' which ends up costing €120 when babysitters and taxis are factored in.

    Bottom line is if you want to invite people to celebrate an event then you pay for it.


    None of my friends have kids and we all live in the centre, so no taxis. I live in Madrid, we sat outside and had some drinks in the sun....which lead on to it being an all day thing. They weren't under any obligation to be there and could go home if they want....but they didn't because we were having fun.



    Good times.


  • #153
    CaraMay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭CaraMay


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    we sat outside and had some drinks in the sun....which lead on to it being an all day thing.

    But this is what you said which doesn't equate to the above

    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    I just got pissed in a pub all day for mine. What happened to just getting pissed in a pub! )

    I just don't think sitting drinking and getting 'pissed in a pub' trumps the crass 'asking for money' birthday party but you seem to enjoy it so many happy returns.


  • #154
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    But this is what you said which doesn't equate to the above

    We went to a pub, sat outside (and later inside when it got cold) and got pissed. That's exactly what we did.

    Never claimed it was "classy" but definitely cheaper for all the attendees (drinks in Spain are cheap).



    I just don't think sitting drinking and getting 'pissed in a pub' trumps the crass 'asking for money' birthday party but you seem to enjoy it so many happy returns.

    Did you not read my post and see it was supposed to be humorous? I never claimed it trumped anything but there was no obligation for anyone to pay anything. They could have one drink and go if they wanted. They didn't even have to come; I wouldn't have cared.




    I didn't give a **** about my 30th and when someone asked me what I wanted to do, I said a few drinks in the sun and that's what I did. Can't see what's tacky about that.

    All who came had fun though and no complaints from anyone. Certainly no threads started on a message board complaining about it anyway.


  • #155
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    FTA69 wrote: »
    They sound like the type of people to make you take your shoes off before coming into the house. Also your partner needs to realise that a birthday party poncing around some cringe-inducing acting b*llocks is no party at all.

    He should be out getting drunk with his mates like real men. :D
    don't see the problem with people asking you to remove your shoes in their home. if you dont like it you are free to piss off elsewhere.


  • #156
    CaraMay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭CaraMay


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    don't see the problem with people asking you to remove your shoes in their home. if you dont like it you are free to piss off elsewhere.

    I think it's rude as it can make people uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable especially if its unexpected.

    If you can't accept people into your house fully clothed then don't invite them or warn them in advance.


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  • #157
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    CaraMay wrote: »
    I think it's rude as it can make people uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable especially if its unexpected.

    If you can't accept people into your house fully clothed then don't invite them or warn them in advance.


    You've been caught before with smelly, holy socks, haven't you?


  • #158
    CaraMay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭CaraMay


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    You've been caught before with smelly, holy socks, haven't you?

    A ladder in my stockings ;)


  • #159
    michellie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,691 ✭✭✭michellie


    The Fcuk did I just read, do people actually do this kind of thing?


  • #160
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Going to the pub is standard for a birthday. Picking holes in it is just hankering for an argument.


  • #161
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    Martha Shy Table wrote: »


    It is a murder mystery meal. Is it normal to ask for a contribution to those?

    Don't think so, a girl I know did it for her one of her birthdays and she and all her guests were the 'actors'.


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  • #162
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    CaraMay wrote: »
    A ladder in my stockings ;)

    Stairway to Heaven, babe. :cool:

    That one never gets old. :)


  • #163
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    [QUOTE=Legs.Eleven;89247914 I live in Madrid, we sat outside and had some drinks in the sun....which lead on to it being an all day thing.


    /QUOTE]

    Sounds brilliant. I haven't done that for a ridiculously long time.


  • #164
    mrsbyrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭mrsbyrne


    Hubbys two sisters spent 20 years conspiratorily dreaming up ever more lavish "surprises" for their parents , a pair of genuine salt of the earth no nonsense Dubs whose idea of a good time was a few pints/vodkas in their local and back to the house for a singsong.
    Cruises , long haul flights (both were very nervous fliers) nothing was too much.
    Once it had been more or less booked , we would get the fone call " its not much , €500 per couple will cover it".
    From beginning to end I refused to have anything to do with it and boy did it cause some sulks.
    Bloody cheek. Its like some crazy self indulgence.
    Mother in law dead now. Lord have mercy on her.


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