I'm have a bowling birthday party for my daughter that i already paid 27.00 per child. I had a mother ask me in a text if she could bring her son. I feel like it's a public place of course she can bring her son. Once i settled down this evening I started thinking was she really asking me to pay for her son? I don't mind if she brings him but I already paid for the party. Righ now t it's about principle to me. please let me know what you would do.
I would tell her that she's welcome to bring him if she doesn't have someone else to watch him, and that if he wants to bowl it is $27 to add him to the package. How old is he? Is he actually old enough to bowl or will he just run around and watch?
text her back and just politely tell her he is welcome to come but can NOT bowl because you already paid for it and can not add any more kids. Then don't tell her this but If someone doesn't come that you already paid for let him fill the spot so you don't loose the money but only if you have a no show!
I would be honest with her. Tell her of course her son can come, BUT you have already paid for the party and did not include him so there won't be a place for him at the table, or any of the other things you get with a paid party, unless one of the other children does not show up.
I don't generally know how much the parents pay for the birthday parties that my daughter goes to, so I would think that she doesn't know that you paid $27/child or that you had to pay for every individual child (Some places have you pay a lump sum for a certain number of children. She may think you might not have reached that limit). In any case, I think she is asking if her son can come without her paying. I would tell her that he is welcome to come, but that you already paid for everyone you were expecting, and she would have to pay the additional $27 for him. Surely, once she learns how much it is, she will not expect you to pay more. I bet the reason she is asking ahead of time (instead of just bringing her son) is because she does not know your arrangement with the bowling alley. Now that I think of it, I'm sure that what she really means by that text is, "I want to bring my son. How do I go about paying for him or do you have room in your package for another kid."
