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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 3, 2018 14:48:32 GMT
I'm curious how often this happens to you where you have MULTIPLE events you'd love to go to, but they're ALL on the same day/evening? For me, this NEVER happens, and I'm glad, because it'd drive me crazy!  This coming Saturday, we will be at our dear nephew's wedding, and I'm very excited and thrilled to be going! BUT, we are missing ANOTHER wedding of a dear friend, plus, I'll be missing two other VERY FUN, once-a-year ONLY events.....  There are occasionally times where I have to decide between TWO, and the choice is usually pretty easy. But FOUR that are all equally fun !??! This NEVER happens to me; how about you? |
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Post by pierkiss on Oct 3, 2018 14:49:37 GMT
A couple times a year. It definitely sucks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 14:51:26 GMT
Literally, never, I don't really get invited to anything any more!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 14:52:55 GMT
More often then I would like  |
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Post by hannahruth on Oct 3, 2018 14:54:13 GMT
It has happened to us and our response is 'first in - first acceptance'.
We would never back out of an acceptance we have sent because we received something else - to me that would be the height of rudeness.
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Post by myshelly on Oct 3, 2018 14:55:28 GMT
Very often.
There are two once in a lifetime lectures and an art museum event on Nov. 8. I don’t know how to decide.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Oct 3, 2018 15:02:45 GMT
Anytime I have something I can't miss, there is something else I'd love to go to at the same time.
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Post by dewryce on Oct 3, 2018 15:03:41 GMT
Very often. There are two once in a lifetime lectures and an art museum event on Nov. 8. I don’t know how to decide. Are either of the lectures being recorded to be made public? Maybe not as powerful as being seen live, and you'd miss the opportunity to ask a question, but better than not hearing them at all. |
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Post by malibou on Oct 3, 2018 15:22:29 GMT
I seldom am invited to anything, so this hasn't come up. I'm not sure if that makes me happy or sad. Lol.
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Post by Linda on Oct 3, 2018 15:24:32 GMT
fairly often but they are more likely to be events I want to take DD12 to than events aimed at adults. I'm looking at the last weekend of October and we're committed to a camporee - but there's a school Halloween party that Friday night, one of her friends is hosting a Halloween party on the Saturday, and there are several other Girl Scout events she would enjoy scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Oct 3, 2018 15:29:28 GMT
The more hobbies I have the more often this is happening. For me it happens once every month or so. Last month I had to decide between a first time long bike ride and camping on the same weekend. This month I have a dog scootering demo the morning of our anniversary and I was invited to a crafting event that same day  |
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Post by smcast on Oct 3, 2018 15:31:57 GMT
Seems like it's all or none sometimes.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 3, 2018 15:37:42 GMT
All.The.Time. Only for me it usually ends up one fun thing that I have to miss because something I can’t get out of is on the same day. Sigh.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 3, 2018 15:39:32 GMT
It happens way too often.
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Post by annabella on Oct 3, 2018 15:42:22 GMT
A few times a year, I like it, makes me feel really busy! lol
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Post by katlaw on Oct 3, 2018 17:38:38 GMT
This happens to me all the time. I work. I volunteer. I go to my kids school events. And have nothing big and exciting happening. And then suddenly I get 3 or 4 invites for the same date, I have to chose one and then have nothing happen for the next 6 months.
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Post by schizo319 on Oct 3, 2018 17:51:52 GMT
Nearly every single weekend in April, September & October. We go to a lot of festivals, fundraiser and fairs and they're always at the most pleasant times of the year weather-wise.
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Post by ghislaine on Oct 3, 2018 20:06:19 GMT
This happens at least monthly!
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Oct 3, 2018 20:36:16 GMT
I'm curious how often this happens to you where you have MULTIPLE events you'd love to go to, but they're ALL on the same day/evening? For me, this NEVER happens, and I'm glad, because it'd drive me crazy! This coming Saturday, we will be at our dear nephew's wedding, and I'm very excited and thrilled to be going! BUT, we are missing ANOTHER wedding of a dear friend, plus, I'll be missing two other VERY FUN, once-a-year ONLY events..... There are occasionally times where I have to decide between TWO, and the choice is usually pretty easy. But FOUR that are all equally fun !??! This NEVER happens to me; how about you? Are the weddings scheduled around the same time and are they close? Maybe you can go to your nephew’s wedding and leave the reception early to attend the wedding/reception of your friend’s? |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Oct 3, 2018 21:13:53 GMT
More often then I would like  |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Oct 3, 2018 21:17:40 GMT
Last weekend and this weekend there are multiple events going on that we’d love to attend and it’s just not going to work!
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Post by stargazer on Oct 3, 2018 21:20:31 GMT
My graduation is on the same day as the only performance of a show dd is in at college & on the same day that ds is in a show at his uni.
There are a couple of weekends a year where other events always seem to clash such as the school summer fete on the same day as some event one of the kids is performing in & an event my dh has agreed to Marshall at. Luckily it’s not often fun invitations, more often it’s commitments which require complicated logistics and/or letting someone down.
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Post by littlemama on Oct 3, 2018 22:01:47 GMT
We rarely have much going on, but invariably, when we do there are several things. We were gone a week and a half ago to visit ds at his university. There was a memorial softball tournament that weekend as well as our community art festival thst i have always wanted to go to.
In a few weeks we have a wedding. Another friend is having a diaper shower and another friend is moving
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Post by gracieplusthree on Oct 3, 2018 23:48:45 GMT
Happens to me all the time, I have a very boring life and can go months without anything *extra* to do. but then they all happen on the same day
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Oct 3, 2018 23:54:04 GMT
this happens to me all the damn time. I'll go 6 weeks without anything really fun to do and then one weekend. 4 things are happening
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Oct 4, 2018 1:47:07 GMT
Once in awhile I get more than one invite for the same night/timeframe. Usually Christmas parties/open houses.
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 4, 2018 1:55:37 GMT
I can honestly say that this has never happened to me. It seems like a sort of fun problem to have, if not very annoying.
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Post by ToniW on Oct 4, 2018 4:04:24 GMT
Not so much anymore but when it used to, our rule was to go to the event that we accepted first. We had observed many people who would attend one event for a bit then go on to the next one. It may not be so bad for some, but if you are invited (comped) to an event, I would be obligated to give it my full attention.
I just had this happen to me. I planned to attend a crab feed (have to go to one at least once a year!) and then a friend invited me to an event that is honoring some people. The association that is putting on this event is the same one that honored me as Mother of the Year in May (I was one of 5) and I found out I'd also be in the program book (nothing else needed to be done by me). At least my friend (and she was the one that nominated me) was understanding and is saving me a program book. Now I really wish I could do both!
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 4, 2018 4:08:39 GMT
For me, it seems like there is something I really want to do and then something I have to do (family obligation). This weekend is a wedding and of course, there were several other fun things I cannot do now.
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Post by melissa on Oct 4, 2018 7:27:10 GMT
Dealing with that now and the events are on opposite sides of the US!
I want to see my daughter perform in a production of Dracula (anyone who is in Vegas the weekend before Halloween should go!) and I was asked to speak at a local college on breast cancer genetics and prevention. I would really love to do both but I can't. Was also invited to an event in CA that same day, but I knew that I wasn't going to go.
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