Party Update

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So, do you guys remember me telling you my sister wanting to have a surprise 70th birthday party for my dad this June? Well, she’s taken that thought and run with it. I thought we’d invite a total of about 100 people (including family), and instead of gifts (he’s not comfortable getting gifts) we’d have people bring something for a charity (more in line with his own actions). Well, my sister put a Facebook invitation out and invited anyone who wanted to come. So far, 300 people RSVP’d! She’s paying for it, so she didn’t ask me what I thought before doing it. She let the wife of one of my dad’s friends talk her out of the charity gift idea too. However, that same wife tried to tell her they should have a fund everyone could contribute to, to send my dad and his wife on a trip. My sister said absolutely not. That would upset my dad so much telling people they could give money to send him somewhere. I was happy she at least said no to that. People would do it in a heartbeat, but it’s just such a tacky thing to do. My dad’s wife took me aside and told me if I didn’t want to go, not to go. The danger of having an invitation like that is that people who caused you trouble in the past can and will RSVP. And they did. Even my sister groaned when she saw people tag others when passing on that post. Because we aren’t a gossipy family, those people probably had no idea those others had caused our family problems in the past. There are going to be so many people there my dad won’t even be able to talk to them all. He’s not going to like the attention although he’ll love seeing people he hasn’t seen in awhile. On his actual birthday, I’ll be taking him out to dinner. I’m not sure about his birthday party. The great thing about my dad is that he honestly would not care if I wasn’t there. I don’t think he’s going to be thrilled about this surprise, but I’m sure he’ll have a good attitude.