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Comment on 1st Birthday Party by gutlessnation

gutlessnation — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:34:29 +0000

Hi Eric, my apologies for the delay. I wanted to reply to your comments.

While I agree that’s a lot to spend on a party, the primary reason for the high cost was the intended number of people. We chose to invite a lot of people because your child’s 1st birthday party is typically very important, and we felt that should be the case with ours as well. We didn’t expect so many people to agree to come. Dividing the cost by the number of people will net out the same on a per person basis. If we only had ten “accept”, it would have cost around $100. I’m assuming you don’t have kids, or you would not see what we did as excessive. We went by the information that was conveyed to us, and that information was wrong. As with any decision, you can only go by the data that’s provided to you.
In hindsight, I do agree with you. We should have only invited close friends and family. Then again, the impetus for this post was to show the mistake that we made.

Comment on 1st Birthday Party by Eric Coble

Eric Coble — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:58:21 +0000

You spent 1k on a one year old BD party and your complaining that adults did not show. A few real friends, family and a cake would have been more realistic and more fun. The other $900 could have gone to a cause of greater import. You have only yourself to blame.

And then you have the temerity to complain about it on your blog. Whose gutless?

I actually came to the site thinking I would find something interesting, but no, just another reason why our country is failing.

My heart goes out to you. you poor poor soul.

Comment on 1st Birthday Party by Laura S.

Laura S. — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:45 +0000

In my old age, I’ve learned to follow the “3 strikes and you’re out” rule – and so far, it has worked for me. Sometimes, people need a mulligan, and then they sometimes need a second chance on top of that, but the third time, they are playing you for a fool and they could care less about you, your son, or the time and money you put into your party.

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Comment on Buffett Should Just Write A Check by Anna

Anna — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:30:06 +0000

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Comment on Harvard Nonsense by TiredOfBeingAnOreo

TiredOfBeingAnOreo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:26:40 +0000

I wish that the Harvard Business Review article was accurate, because then that would mean that more and more people would be retiring, and not just retiring, but would also be living on easy street, doing only leisure activities. The reality is that the only people able to retire any longer is those who have pensions – Social Security alone is not enough to cover costs today. And sure, men ages 75-79 are retired, but let’s remember, they are part of the generation, prior to baby boomers, that received pensions. It is more likely that what will happen is that adults of retirement age will move in with their kids, who are just starting to have kids themselves, and look to their children to provide for them. All of this at the same time that these same children are trying to raise the retired adults grandchildren. And leisure activities – who has time for those in today’s world? When I read the abstract, it was so off-base it was almost comical. And this is from one of the most respected providers of higher education in this country – no wonder we are failing, and that children cannot handle the real world when they first experience it.