We had 4 people not show up to our wedding. One set was a couple who conveniently had their babysitter cancel the day of the wedding... after I told them they could bring kids to our wedding.

At least she texted you. Our just showed up.

All is well that ends well friend.

I can understand that, but a party someone is throwing where they have to estimate food and beverage costs that they are paying for isn't a "casual party". A casual party would be saying "hey guys come over and drink tonight and BYOB". In the case of your friends two parties this weekend if you were planning on…

YES! I was raised that when you RSVP yes to something, even if you don't want to go you suck it up and go unless you are sick or there is an emergency. If you can't make it, you immediately call the person hosting once you know that you can't go. I couldn't go to a friends birthday party because I got the flu (and not…

Who leaves before dinner? Isn't the whole point of a wedding the open bar?

You get snaps all around for that comment to her.

I always want to call them afterwards and say "If I really wanted to eat leftovers for 3 weeks and drink myself into a frenzy I could have just thrown a party for myself."

I, too, have friends like this. They put maybe and forget to change their answer. I'd be willing to bet if I looked at the Facebook invite I sent out for the holiday party right now, there's still about 7-8 maybes out of 30 people, and I can guarantee you almost all of them put maybe the second the invitation was sent…

Your friend sounds horrible. Well, all the friends in those stories sound like horrible people.

Usually if I'm making food I plan for the exact number of people who RSVP. I used to plan for less, sometimes more, depending on the event. But now my thought process is if I'm going out of my way to make food for you assholes and you can't bother RSVPing, then I'll let you swarm the food table and not feel one iota…

As someone who is married and has helped plan many a wedding, there are a couple of things I can guarantee for you:

Someone did that at our wedding ages ago after they replied "no" to the RSVP. We scrambled at the last minute to figure out a table to put them at. I wanted to hurt them.

I also dislike people who do not call a restaurant to cancel a reservation. That's a table someone else could be sitting at, but those assholes felt entitled to make everyone wait for them.

I have a feeling I'll be eating leftover ham and macaroni and cheese for 2 weeks.

Well, I thought that would be implied. There are obvious events where maybe is acceptable. For instance, if someone says "hey guys, come over to our place and drink tonight, BYOB" then maybe is perfectly fine. But if I say "I'm throwing a holiday party and I need a headcount to know the amount of wine to buy and food…

I love it when people treat weddings like that Saturday night get together we put together at the last minute.

A lot of times I will send out a Facebook invite to people for holiday parties and such because I know it's the only way I can get them to RSVP. My favorite is always the people who put "maybe". That shouldn't even be a choice in RSVPing, even if it is on Facebook.

We have a friends and family thing coming up on Christmas Eve that I plan every year. We invite about 30 people, and I usually end up having to track almost all of them down 2-3 days prior in order to know how much food I need. I then plan for about 70% of that total to show up, because people are flaky and they suck.

What in the fucking hell is that? 11? I would have called and said "unless your newly found Brady Bunch of children are coming, I think you and your husband will suffice".