lynn Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I have been looking at an invitation on my fridge for two weeks for a birthday party I thought for sure was for this coming Sunday and I text the mom to let her know that my daughter can attend the party. The mom text me back that the party was last with this past Sunday. 😮. I feel so dumb Right now should I text her back with an apology. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Whoops! It happens to the best of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannahs4 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Not the only one😣 I have done this before, AND shown up at a sleepover a week early with my child. Doh! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 absolutely text with apology. The flip side to that is the threads we've had here recently about parties which were thrown & most of the guests didn't show up.. .Hopefully the party was a big success but either way, definitely apologies in order. and maybe look into google calendar ? or other options which send reminders ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oops! Just apologize. It happens. I could see myself doing that. Since you're looking to hear you're not the only one who does stuff like that... Here's what I did today, it's not the same, but still... I put my contacts in, and poured out the used saline solution, washing it down the drain like I always do. Looked up, and thought, hmmmm, I can't see. Oops! I put one contact in and washed the other one down the drain. Gaaaah! It was my last pair, too, so I'm wearing glasses till I see the eye doc to get a new scrip on Monday. :o 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I went to a birthday party a week early. Kiddo sure was disappointed! It was at a local venue, which I couldn't find, so I called the mom to ask for directions, only to find that it wasn't until the next week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 You're not the only one. IME, it's harder to tell the my own child that they missed something b/c I goofed than telling the parent throwing the party. My kids have usually been pretty good about it. But still, I hate it for them too. Lisa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Elle Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I have done that and also showed up at the wrong location. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I have done something similar and sent DH and DS across town on the wrong day. :o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Just recently I showed up way too late to a party for one of DD's friend. I mixed up the invite with another one on the fridge and thought it started later... whoops! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oh sure... although "nothing" comes to mind right now..... :lol: Just apologise and get on with things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I missed a very dear friend's bridal shower this way. I simply had it totally in my head for a particular day, but I was 100% totally wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Not exactly the same thing but my ds got invited to the birthday party of a little boy in his preschool class. I forgot about the party...completely...for about 5 years. I saw the boy's mom in Wal Mart and that prompted the memory. I could still envision the invitation up on the fridge. How it slipped my mind for YEARS and then I remembered I will never know. I barely know the mom (just an acquaintance then- don't know her at all now) but if I see her around town I am embarrassed about blowing off this party. But after 10 years I should probably let it go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 My 3rd and 4th sons are playing rugby this year for the first time, and for reason, I have had such a hard time getting them to their practices! I am having some kind of mental thing with the day/times or something. A lot of practices were cancelled when they started back in January because of weather, but for the past 3 or so weeks, they've had practices. Yesterday I completely forgot about practice until I looked at my watch while I was nursing and it struck me that practice was actually starting *right* then--20 minutes away. (Okay, we have our co-op all day on Tuesdays, and I teach one high school and one junior high science class but still . . .) Twice in the past week I have had the total wrong time in my head for when the practice started (they tend to start at different times if they are in a gym or outside, so it's not totally crazy that I have mixed them up, but still . . .), and I've misread emails several times too. The first outside practice I sent them and dh off to the complete wrong field because somehow I read the email wrong. I keep thinking, am I actually reading these emails in English?! WHY am I not comprehending them correctly?! WHY can't I remember the times?! I think I'm developing a complex now, LOL. Actually, I think I've finally just gotten to the limit of what I can handle . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I actually just did this! We drove almost an hour to the restaurant, only to find it closed. When I called our friend, she said the party was the day before! For some reason I wrote the wrong date on my calendar. I was so mad at myself!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I lost an invitation for a party for one of DD's preschool friends over the summer. I had already emailed the mom that we were going and I was pretty sure I had the correct date in my planner, but I second-guessed myself. So I got both kids ready for the spray park and drove by it on what turned out to be the day before the party just to be sure we didn't miss it. Thankfully it's only a few minutes from our house and we went back for the actual party the next day. My kids thought I was really losing it though 😠Edited to add: I did find the invitation about a month later when going through a pile of random paperwork that had been tucked away quickly when we had company coming. Of course I couldn't find it the week of the party when I was trying to verify which day we should go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I once had people show up for a dinner party. That was great. What was not so great was that I was passed out on the couch after pulling several near all nighters for a huge work event. I had invited them for that day but had told my husband and somehow committed it to memory for the following week. I was literally face down drooling on the couch while my husband was feeding the boys pizza and the doorbell rang and my husband had no idea why they were there. He said he decided not to even try to wake me because he figured I'd maul anyone who disturbed my much needed sleep, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 A friend of mine went to a child's birthday party at the wrong house, and missed the party they were supposed to attend. She was new to town, and it was her DH's workmates who'd issued the invite. DH had written the address down incorrectly, and the house they visited in error just happened to be holding a party for a little girl the same age. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I sent out invites to my childs birthday party and I put the wrong day on the INVITE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justkeepswimming Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Ha!! You're definitely not the only one!! Busy schedules, multiple children... oh wow... it's a recipe for disaster! I have done similar things more than once. :rolleyes: Often enough that the kids are used to it by now. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 You're not the only one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 We went to the last party about 2 hours late and completely forgot another one. You are not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I have done this with SEVERAL events. UGH. I am sorry. Just apologize. I now try very hard to put it on my Google calendar the day I receive the invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 A couple of weeks ago I somehow misread the clock and ended up at an appointment over an hour early. They weren't even open so I ended up just puttering around a mall for over an hour. I felt like such a doof. How in heck did I misread a clock?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitofthewomb Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Yes! I have done this! I use google calendar now & type it in immediately upon receiving the info. And double check that I have right info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I've had my doorbell ring on a Saturday afternoon with a well-dressed, gift-toting family of 4 standing outside eagerly smiling at me. When they saw my face and that I was not as dressed as they were, they suddenly realized the invite was for *next* Saturday. I invited them in, but they declined and went home. Yes, they came back the following Saturday... they were so embarrassed (which I would be too) but I kept trying to put them at ease and just blow off the little mix up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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