Sarah

And my coworker, John, has been along on the ride as we both discovered this podcast.

Exactly.

Thank you.

So nice to meet you, too.

Hi friends, my name is Sarah.

This may honestly be a bit of a repeat for you guys, but if you want to browbeat this to death with me, let's go.

Because I have had it with being invited to events that I have to either pay to attend or bring a gift to.

So a little backstory, last year I had a friend that had a baby and got married all within five months of each other.

So it was the baby shower gift, the bridal shower gift, the wedding gift, the bachelorette party, the day of gift.

It was just a lot.

And now I thought I was over the hill.

It's been about six months since then.

But now the one year old's birthday party is coming up.

And I get an online invitation four months in advance, by the way, to attend this one-year-old's birthday party.

And what I have had it with is it says on the invitation that the host, the mother, will cover chips and soda but would appreciate it if someone would volunteer to bring food to the party like an appetizer or a dessert.

And that is not all.

It went on to say a bunch of other bullshit.

And then at the end, it said, also, we will have her piggy bank there.

So if you feel inclined to fill it with your spare change or one to five dollars or anything else you're comfortable with, we would appreciate it to grow her savings account.

So not only if I accept this invitation to the party, do I have to bring a dish, a present for the baby?