If you are worried about it, I just wouldn't put all the hot meats out right away. Only put out a little at a time, if you can. I think after two years of their rudeness, I would make a comment about leaving some for others! After that long steaming, I'm not sure I could keep my mouth shut.

Tami

Hmmm, how old are the human disposals? If they are not too old (early teens), talk to their mother and don't be coy about it. Come right out and tell her that you are concerned about them wiping the buffet cleaner than a hoard of locusts, and will she please tell them to be careful to not take too much. If they are older, talk to them. Or just let them go thru the line first, and hold back all the good stuff until they have loaded their plates.

So put out part of the food, and then add more when they are done. Space out how you put the food on the table. But an extra bag of frozen wings from Costco would be a good idea.

I've usually done this type of event with the clear understanding that dinner will be available between 6 and 7 or so, and it's pot luck after that. Late-comers usually understand.

You aren't running an all-you can eat buffet for 6 hours, and people understand that.

I definitely recommend rationing the food to the nephews, and don't put everything out at once. I plan to do that with my nephew if I ever cook for him again. Last year he took an entire half of a turkey with him. He arrived late after everyone else had eaten, and I had only carved one breast. He took the entire other breast with him, and I had been planning to use the leftovers. Instead I had none. Oh, and my nephew is 40!!

It's okay to run out of food at a large party that lasts for a long time. You are not an all-night diner!

Lars

Well try and take their big appetites as a compliment! I would NOT mention anything to them or their parents. Just have plenty of food and even if all of one thing goes have a selection so that there is always something. I think beef is pretty pricey so maybe some other kind of main dish as well that won't break the bank. Maybe some kind of pasta or mac and cheese or something..then there will always be food for everyone. That's my opinion anyway.
Joann

Do you like these nephews.....if yes, I'd factor them in and cook extra. You can take them aside ahead of time, before the party, and say something to the effect of 'nephews, I love you, and enjoy you coming over to my home and seeing you appreciate my cooking. I need a bit of help - I am still working on my skills at figuring out how much food I need to prepare for my parties. I seem to run out of the meat items. I'd like you guys to load up - but I also want to try to figure out how much extra I need to make. Can you do me a big favor - if you take XYZ amount, will that be enough? I just want to make sure I have enough for everyone. Could you wait until 8:00 to take seconds if what you have told me isn't enough?' etc. something along those lines.

They won't get the message, nor will they truly be able tell you how much they would really eat, they are hungry teens, but you'll have an answer.

Teenage boys can consume a terrific amount of food. But they also do need to learn manners. Saying something to them or their parents would depend on the type of relationships you share.

Me, I'd probably head them off at the pass as they were mounding plates and just say, 'hey, there are other people here, guys, take a few, come back later if there is extra.' But then, that's the relationship I have with friends/family.

As for running out of food...I can't say that has ever happened to me, because I almost always make way too much and end up sending plates with people and there's always food in the fridge anyway...if things look thin, one can always toss up a pile of pasta or a big omelet or something, and around here, I'm 5 minutes from a grocery store, worse come to worse.

No advice here, but I feel your pain. This year was the first Thankgiving in memory that anyone but my cousin's vegetarian daughter got mashed potatoes. Only because she didn't come, so she didn't have a chance to dump the whole casserole dish on her plate. Not sure what's worse, the kids who don't have manners or the parents who don't teach manners.

I am in the camp of making more food and adding as items run low. For myself, I would be mortified if someone did not get enough to eat or I ran out. And if I knew I had two or more hearty eater, I would plan on extra food.

Then again, I have been known to tell guests to bring their plastic containers to take the leftovers home, but I try to keep some for myself too. I sure don't want to cook the day after a big shindig.

I love Jessy's idea. Potentially, the kids might actually learn something from you, manner-wise. :D

Lori

What about those crashers? Who are they? People you really want to see, or who have some reason to expect they can come? If not, can you head them off? At least the kids are invited!

If you invited your nephews for dinner, wouldn't you want to be sure to have enough for them to eat?
Well same thing with a party buffet.....they are hungry...be sure there is enough to feed them.
My worst nightmare is running out of food to feed people.
Make lots!
Linda C

Please don't think I run out of food completely--there's always some cheese, dips, salads, cold appetizers, and desserts left. There's also usually meatballs left too, it's just what I consider the "main" meaty items that go fast. Last year is was brisker and wings.

The crashers are usually friends of friends. That I get asked at the last minute if I mind, I can never say no.

Maybe it's a sign that you need to have a bit more of the main protein items. Maybe 20% more and see what happens?

Tiny plates? I think you'll have to tell your nephews to eat some vegetables too. I'm sure they'll be okay with it. It probably just never occurred to them that they were eating all the meat!

fori--that is the problem--that's all they eat is the meat. I think I'll take rachelellen's advice and head them off at the pass when I see those mounded plates. I think I will also set a tray aside for later in the night.

Maybe have a backup of a less expensive item, serve something like sloppy joes alongside the brisket . . . the teens may go for that.

love2weed, you head them off BEFORE you see the mounded plates. That's the barn door and the horses. Gotta plan ahead.

And it does count about how close you ar to them and their mother. Teaching manners is an important thing and it can take a village, as the saying goes.

You know they'll eat a lot, so I would simply plan for extra food, I'm not sure how I would feel on having a lecture about how much food my kids take.
It would feel unwelcoming to me.

Is your party considered a dinner buffet or a cocktail party ?

I would plan on having a second run of hot food around 9, since your party goes on till midnight.

Put me in the camp that would be hugely embarrassed if I ran out of "meat" just because I had some hungry teens at the party. I would definitely plan on making additional meat or another dish of some sort that would appeal to them. Asking them to eat veggies instead doesn't seem pratical, I've never seen teenage boys "load up" on crudites and nibbles.

If it is the expense you are concerned about, could you add a tray of baked pasta that they would like and could eat until they are full without stressing you? I think the only thing I would say is to tell them you made that because you knew they were fans of lasagna or ziti or whatever.

Alexa

I have had this same problem with my nephew at family dinners. He loves my squash casserole, which is great, but he will literally take the entire casserole and put it on his plate - no matter how big the casserole. Rude, for sure. It drives me crazy that his mother just pretends she doesn't see it. At our last family gathering we were eating in two shifts, and my children and several other people were coming for the second shift (scheduling problems) and said nephew was on his way to cleaning out my dish. I said "hey, ___________, I'm glad you like the casserole but we need to have some left for the people coming later". It worked and he didn't seem to take offense, although I think his mother got a bit miffed. I said it nicely, and sort of jokingly, but he got the message.

I know that when my son was a teenager I made sure that he didn't overload his plate at social gatherings and it irritates me that other people don't seem to feel the need to teach this most basic of manners.

Really, if you have more than one teenaged eating machine at your gathering, I'm not sure it is possible to cook enough to let them really chow down, at least without making obscene amounts of food. My nephew will literally eat a double size casserole and be scraping the bowl for more. This would usually be enough for 10 to 12 people. Yikes.

I had another thought...

What about talking to their parents, not to complain or anything, but to find out what else you might stuff them with? Saying something like, 'I noticed last time that the only thing I served that they seemed to enjoy were the meat dishes, and I wondered what other sort of thing they like, pizza?pasta?casserole?'

Then, when you 'head them off at the pass' so to speak, you can direct them to whatever it is in a jokey sort of way. 'Hey guys, I know how hungry teenage boys can be, so I made pizza (or whatever) specially for you so you won't have to inhale all the meat before anybody else gets some, [smile, wink].

How old are the boys? Reminding a 21 year old about manners is little more tricky than reminding a 13 year old.

I entertain a lot with children and have no trouble gently reminding them about manners. A quick, "Boys, let's save some meat for the other guests." should suffice. Just be discreet and don't make a big deal out of it. I would also try to pick a time when the Mom isn't within hearing distance. A little sneaky but a lot less awkward.

Kids that are like locusts are one of my pet peeves. You are gracious enough to invite people into your home and feed them. You shouldn't be expected to operate like a Shoney's.

Here's the plan--no brisket this year--I am on a budget this year--DH out of a job for over a year. Sloppy Joes(never even thought about these), wings(two trays--one for the main swarm and one for a little later in the evening), meatballs, and smokies. Surely that will be enough for the "locusts". They're ages are 15 and 11. The 15 year old is the main "culprit". He thinks it's just darn funny how much he can eat. This year I am going to say something--lightheartedly.

Friends of friends? If your friends call and ask if they can bring their friends, they are at least as rude as your teenage nephews, and without the excuse of being children.
How about trying the Miss Manners approach? Say, "I'm so sorry, I've planned for a certain number of guests, but we'd love to meet them some other time." Unless of course you are having sort of an open house and like the idea of friends bringing people. But since you call them "crashers" I think you don't like it. Really they're not crashers, because you said they could come.

Ask him what his favorite sub is and order one from a deli. Make a big deal out of telling him that you want to make sure he gets enough to eat. Start him off with the sub on his plate. There won't be room for much more.
I have two teenage sons who can also eat a tremendous amount. Somewhere along the line, it sounds like the amount of food your nephew eats has been a source of praise by some. He is keeping up a tradition. Just because he can eat a lot doesn't mean he has to. Get a sub.

Since you are on a budget this year with DH being out of work, so you are a good egg for still hosting a big party. I know this is last minute, but can you ask close family to bring some items to offset the cost and increase the spread? I am sure they know the situation and will not mind. I certainly wouldn't mind.

Baked ziti with red sauce and ham chuncks instead of beef/pork with feed a crowd. Ditch the wings and go for legs and thighs. Wings around here in Chicago sell for almost $2 per pound while the legs go for .49 per pound. more meat to feed the hungry vultures too. Ham is good too and leaves you with a bone for soup later. Slice it up the day before and warm it up.

I mean no offense to you but if you invited me and my family to your home and then made comments about how much food I or they could take, even jokingly, I would be offended. Perhaps you can distract the young eaters by having them help you so they hit the chow line later after others have taken?

And as for the crashers, let them come. Just tell the "askers" that you may be running low on food and a contribution would be appreciated this year.

" mean no offense to you but if you invited me and my family to your home and then made comments about how much food I or they could take, even jokingly, I would be offended. Perhaps you can distract the young eaters by having them help you so they hit the chow line later after others have taken?"

In the case of my nephew, the problem was not that he was taking a double or even triple size serving of food, it was that he was taking (I kid you not) enough casserole for 10 people. Really. If someone is offended that I politely ask their child not to take enough food for 10 people, then so be it. I also wouldn't allow someone else's two year old to climb onto my table and dance on it either, or to torment my dogs for example. In the case of my nephew (I can only speak for myself here) this was repeated behavior and in the past other family members didn't get any casserole because this boy was allowed to empty the dish. Rude, rude, rude - and his mother was standing right beside him. If his mother (or anyone else, for that matter) thinks I was rude to try to see that everyone in the family got a chance at a favorite dish, then so be it. I am not stingy with my portions, but I've got to say that I'm not willing to cook an extra 10 to 12 servings for one person because he hasn't been taught proper manners.

love2weed, does your family know that your husband has been out of work? If so how about asking the nephews mom if she would mind bringing a tray of wings to help you out? Would that be rude to do in your family?

I might also make a big tray of macc n cheese and maybe they'll fill up on that instead? My son would like that more than the wings; he's 14.

Or, how about a kids table? A special nephew table filled with things kids love, candies, cookies, (small trays) some wings, some meatballs,macc n cheese or some other baked pasta dish, ... not a lot. Maybe they'd be excited to have their own table (card table) then they'll fill up on their stuff and be too full to demolish the adult table foods.

Can't wait to see how you handle this. Hope no feelings are hurt in the process.

The weekend before last I had a bonfire out back and invited some friends over. One of the couples texted me back saying they'd be here and were bringing a friend and possibly his son. WHAT? 1) I dont know the friend and 2) I wasnt including kids in this get together.

So I wrote her back asking if they *had* to bring the friend & his son, because I was really trying to keep it small. (only so many can fit around a bonfire, ya know?) So she said they already had plans with him. I just said that if they could manage to come without these people, that I'd love to see them.

Do you know they still showed up with the friend and his girlfriend! My friend said, "he didnt bring his son, he brought his girlfriend instead; same amount of people"

I was floored. And listen to this - this unknown couple came in, went directly to the food, ate like they hadnt eaten in days and LEFT. How rude!

And my dog hated the man. He kept growling at him and my dog loves everyone. So this man must have not been a good person. Animals know.

So as I ramble on and highjack this with animals knowing good people................

let us know how it all works out~

(oh and don't get me started on parents who let their kids load up on food...and most of it gets tossed!)

stbonner-I couldn't agree with you more. Your situation sounds exactly like mine. If I would have ever seen my own kids do something that rude, I would have take them aside and gave them a good tongue lashing about manners, but fortunately I never had to. They just knew better.

I guess this really hits home to me, I am a school teacher by profession and I am amazed at the lack of manners and proper etiquette in children today. It all stems from proper parenting--and sadly most young parents today are not doing it. With this said--please take note that I said "most", I know there are some exceptions--but it should be the other way around--but rudeness seems to be the norm. This nephew is just rude--at Christmas one time--he made the comment "that I forgot to give him his gift".

I have 6 grandsons, ranging in age from 24 to the 15 year old twins. I always have a buffet early on Christmas. Any one of those boys/young men could easily eat all of the chili dip, or all of the shrimp or all of the wings or all of the little smokies, or all of the pound of brie....but their parents have pointed out to them that they should taks some of several things and not load up on just one thing. I have never tasted that chili dip;-)....it must be wonderful! this year I will double the recipe and take the first taste.
I always want people to have all they want of whatever it is I am serving, but there is no excuse for eating just one thing, and eating all there is of that.

A couple of years ago I was asked to do the lunch for 150 members of our presbytery. they paid $6 for lunch and I tried to give them their money's worth and still make 3 or 4 hundred tward news toves in our church. I made chicken salad sandwiches, ham sandwiches, a marinated vegetable and pasta salad and a bowl of fruit, some fresh and some frozen. Some people took nothing but fruit, piled their plated high, and the last 50 people didn't get any.
You might explain to the teenaged piggies that food is planned so that everyone will have more than enough, but that you didn't plan for one or 2 people to fill up on just one item.
Then buy more wings!!!
Linda C

I'm sorry, but I have some strong opinions on this subject. I've been living frugal for years now and people need to wise up about food. It is a precious gift and not to be wasted. And you don't need to load up on meat to be well fed at a party. Baked ziti, sloppy joes, and pulled pork sandwiches (if this isn't a Jewish crowd) are less expensive ways to feed a crowd meat. Also little smokies and sweet and sour meatballs or sweedish meatballs. Also, you could make hoppin john, which is a delicious bean dish with sausage or bacon for flavoring (you can use turkey stuff) and blackeyed peas. It is a traditional holiday dish.

I am of the "more the merrier" persuasion when it comes to guests, but I don't try to put on a fancy do when I entertain--folks don't mind the tried and true inexpensive standards. Homey, inexpensive food is loved for good reason. Adults may be impressed with cheesecake, but everyone also LOVES oatmeal cookies just as much!! Or oatmeal apple cake. And so on for inexpensive substitutions. Oh, BTW, how about a baked potato bar for the teens--potatoes are filling and inexpensive. You can even add some sweet potatoes and other colored potatoes to be "exotic" and yet still inexpensive!!

Next, I cannot believe people do not bring food to parties. The way I was raised, if you got invited to someone's house, you ALWAYS brought something as a gift to the hostess in appreciation for the time and effort and money s/he expended on your behalf. Whenever I get invited to a big party, the first thing I say is, "What can I bring" and this is not just me, a LOT of my friends do this too. The hostess can always turn me down, but I am more than happy to help out and I expect to.

Lastly, as a school teacher myself, I know that manners are a learned thing. To get praise for overloading one's plate with food is just wrong on a lot of levels. If the parents aren't going to bring this up, I don't think it is wrong for caring adults to speak to children about manners, in a nice friendly way. Explain the principle (consideration for others) and do it in a non-accusatory, nice way. But I think it is important for kids to be gently coached on how to "be a mensch" as my grandmother used to say. (In other words, act like a "human being"). Children may rebel and talk back, but that's a teenagers way of processing information. They need and like structure and will thank you for it some day. I know I am thankful I had "the meanest mom in the world" growing up! :)

It depends so much on the parents and the kids and how well everyone knows each other.

I do think most kids in that age range probably don't realize they're causing problems and just a friendly heads up that they need to hold back so everyone gets a chance should be alright. If that makes them or their parents angry, they can choose to skip future events and you probably won't miss them.

I think the plan of spreading out the food over the evening should help a lot.

And if you're really worried, how about some of Stbonner's squash casserole to distract them? :)

I am in the 'have enough food for everyone' camp. You wouldn't have shrimps if you had to mentally portion 3 per person and then have a fit when the first 12 shrimper hit the buffet line. There have been plenty of budget friendly suggestions here. Buy an extra bag or two of frozen meatballs. Do you have a dessert table? Make it a Mexican fiesta theme with huge trays of do-it-yourself taco stuff. (keep some sour cream in the kitchen)

Change the party time to a non-dinner hour such as 8-12. Most would not expect to be fed dinner.

I think it is rude to chastise or instruct a guest who eats more than you think he should. Make sure you can afford to feed your guests, and if you cannot afford 'meat' dishes, have a party party with snacks(but enough for all) or a dessert party.

Are you planning booze, wine or beer? That is an expense, and one which the teens won't affect. The existence of booze and not enough food for invited huge-eating relatives? That opens comments.

Hospitality, at Christmas especially, is about caring for all your guests. Either withhold food for intervals, get more budget friendly food, change the food focus to not be dinner, etc.

It reminds me of our former swim club banquets where the high schoolers descended upon the buffet lines and left just the salad for the 10 year olds!!! They were well raised kids, good manners-just that the restaurants were not prepared. So later banquets, planned by smarter parents, had enough food or didn't serve buffet style. I understand that this is a buffet party-just saying that being forewarned about big eaters is a good reason to be prepared.

My opinion, that's all.

But you can have more than enough food for everyone and a few guests can still monopolize one dish. There's nothing you can do about that without getting twice as much of EVERYTHING (since you don't know what they're going to go for).

Or just tell 'em. Sometimes you have to step in for the parents.

I don't agree with fori.....it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that you have a teens and chicken wings....
They will NOT be all over the crab in the Belgian endive nor the clam dip nor the oysters Florentine....but brisket and wings are the best things in the world to them....outside of pizza!!! They won't pig out on celery nor broccoli....even with Ranch!
You need to have more of the teen friendly stuff....and perhaps even a little less of the other stuff.

Okay, I admit there are SOME things that will be guaranteed safe. =P

I truly get what you're up against because I've had some relatives on DH's side whose table manners left me aghast. More so, their parents, who appear either clueless or make jokes about the boys' needing sidecars for their brimming plates.

It's not the cost of providing the food that irks me, it's the disrespect for others, and the fact that all the carefully prepared and presented dishes get inhaled without any more appreciation than if they were scarfing down a bucket of movie theatre popcorn. I'm not talking about typical hungry, growing teenagers. I'm talking about kids who make a sport of hoarding and wolfing the food you have graciously offered them. I find it obscene to watch anyone stuffing down huge amounts of food as if they were animals.

I'd like to say that eventually they will mature and become more considerate, but there's a better chance that they'll just grow into rude adults.

In your place, if these kids were guests who came on a weekly or monthly basis, I might speak to them or their parents. But if this is just an annual event, I wouldn't risk putting a damper on the evening by broaching it. I would take the suggestion of those who advise parsing the meat servings throughout the early evening.

I hope you have a wonderful time. It's a real gift you are giving your family and friends to open your home to them.

Is the idea that this is a dinner or appetizers? That's the big difference to me. If they're invited to come and "fill up", that's one thing. If it's to socialize and have some appetizers, that's different.

Anyone who would be offended that someone would tell a rude kid to back off is... well rude. No wonder kids get this way. Yes, it's bad parenting. When we were kids, we were taught you don't take more than "x" amount. You'll be fed later unless it's a meal situation and even then, manners were required.

No you're not a bad hostess to run out of food especially if you're feeding rude people. You're not running an all you can eat for free place and it's obnoxious that people would even suggest otherwise.

I'd go with the little 6" or smaller plates. Or something that is eaten with napkins. You might wind up with someone who stands there and grazes all night long but there's nothing wrong with saying something or have someone say something to them.

Hope all works out and ope you have a great and low-stress time.

Love2weed, I sympathize with you and understand how frustrating this is.

But that said, as a hostess you want to make your guests feel welcome and comfortable. You can't do that if you are monitoring what they are eating and heaven forbid, commenting on their consumption.

If it isn't possible to exclude the young nephews in your invitation, then I would take some of the advice above and just make sure you have extra of what you know the boys will eat.

I like one of the ideas above, of making the boys feel special by having something set up just for them. If there are other kids in the same age group you could have a "kids" table, with wings, pizza, etc...

Please do not criticize your nephews eating habits at a Holiday celebration. Nothing good will come of it.

Ann

I think they are hungry, growing boys who love your food. Boys that age need ENORMOUS quantities of food and drink, and as their hostess, well, I think you should feed them what you know they love. A plate full of chicken wings is hardly a meal! They're delicious, and they need a lot of wings to fill up. It's a compliment!

From the hours you'll be hosting, I think you must consider this dinner, and that means lots of food. If the boys didn't eat the wings, they'd eat something else - THEY'RE HUNGRY! Make more wings just for them, or don't make wings at all. But if you skip the wings, they'll eat a lot of something else!

I have to say that if you are going to mention it to either the boys or their mother, you have to do it beforehand. Not while they are heading for the table or worse, the in midst of driving the backhoe up to the table. No, you need to say something before you even put out the food. Either call the mother before they even arrive or talk to her when they first get there. How can we say it's bad parenting when she may not even be aware of it? It's bad parenting if she knows about the rude manners and then does nothing.

Sigh. I am bothered by rude children and I do not hesitate to correct my nieces and nephews, my grandkids, heck, even the neighbor's kids.

HOWEVER, and this is a big however, I don't think at the party is a good time to do it. If you see these boys in advance I'd probably take them aside, tell them that this year is a bit tight and ask for their help in making sure there's enough for everyone. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for and they do not need to be protected or insulated from all of life's realities.

Other than that, I think putting out portions at different intervals is a good idea, it'll keep the buffet line fresher anyway. If you really can't afford to throw all those wings into the bottomless pits that are your nephews, I'd change the menu to something less expensive. You could ditch the wings and personally, I love a baked potato bar and never eat chicken wings. They are all skin and bones and here they are $3 a pound. I can get chicken breasts more cheaply than I can get wings and I can get thighs for even less. Cut those into strips or chunks, add the sauce you'd use for the wings and you have the same thing, but cheaper.

Good luck, and happy holidays. I'm thinking good thoughts for your DH and the work situation. Above all, have a good time, this is a celebration.

Annie

Although planning on pacing the arrival of food (saving some back etc) is good, I have to agree with those that say it is really time to address the 'enthusiastic eaters' in your family. I think you can be nice about it, but I have sadly seen the consequences of not learning some manners in the workplace. One finalist for a job was not given the offer because a serious case of gluttony was shown at an interview dinner, along the same lines of loading up on food without concern for others. So I don't look at this kind of conversation to be harsh, but rather kind in that it gives them a learning opportunity for the future when others may not be so indulgent to rude behavior.

I also wonder if these nephews and their mother know a meal is going to be served and so they arrive famished, having saved up for a good feed.

Party is over and we did not have the same usual tray of wings. I made meatballs, smokies, sloppy joes, and ham. Had plenty of everything and didn't notice the "nephew" loading up on one particular food item this year. There were plenty of sloppy joes, but I wouldn't say they were a hit. Hopefully, next year brisket can be back on the menu. No "lecture" about buffet etiquette was needed. In reality, I probably wouldn't have said anything--we have quite a bit of drama going on with the family right now. I wouldn't want to add to it. So all in all, we had a very nice party. Now on to clean up the mess.

I'm really glad your party was a success and there were no issues with your nephew. The food sounds delicious and you are a commendable hostess for throwing this party even as things are tight.

This thread was really helpful to me. My oldest is 12 and can pack away an impressive amount of food. His father likes to joke that he's on a 10,000 cal/day diet, and some days it certainly does seem that way. This was a great reminder to talk to him about courtesy and politeness at the dinner table, not just at a social function but at any time. I'd hate to have someone else pick up on his bad manners and comment on them, when it is really my job to try and teach him. I have noticed lately that he holds his fork like a shovel and leans over his plate like a mad dog. I'm not sure when this started, I just recently noticed it, but we're working on it!

We are all a work in progress.

AM

Boys eat. And eat. I remember when one of my sons said, "I'm still hungry, but I'm tired of eating!" He was 5'10" and 140 lbs at the time and had already packed away a ton of food at that sitting. There was no filling up my three sons. Not one of them is an overweight, ill-mannered adult.

It sounds like your party was a great success, loves2weed. I hope you had a good time, too. Savor your success while you're cleaning up! I'll be thinking of you while I'm eating my breakfast. I love parties!

I'm glad everything worked out well and you had a great time. When all is said and done, having fun with friends and family is really what it is all about.....

Glad it all worked out....mostly! Family drama, ugh, BTDT!