I’m with you Distracted Mum (28 Oct) re acceptances to invitations as if they’re not a commitment of any sort.  Just plain rude.  You set up a soiree and think you have enough to make it fun, but not so many that you’ve over-invited and not so few that it would be hard work and lo and behold a couple of days before the event someone/people say “oh are you going ahead with that?  I didn’t realise, I can’t come now”   Uggghhhhh. 

 I wondered was it just ME being paranoid.  That perhaps my events aren’t so great, my company not sizzling, ideas lame  . . . “do you think they’ll find us boring” I ask Dear and he looks at me in that quizzical way of his.  I might say that these ideas are all contrary to feedback after I do organise an occasion. 

In my mature wisdom, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not ME it’s THEM.  They are the ones with the immature issues.  They should think themselves lucky to be included in my plans.

I hate it when someone accepts your invitation to an event and then something better comes along and then they go for that one !  Without even bothering to pretend otherwise.  It’s just pure bad manners and yet I accept it and get over it but it REALLY bugs me.