My only beef with discount tire is their anti-weed policy for their employees.

Moving out? In this economy???

That sucks, sorry your plan didn’t work out. Since it’s a 2nd birthday party, did you plan it around a nap time? Toddlers at that age are quite temperamental, and it takes a lot of effort/changing their day to attend a party that’s anywhere from 11am-4pm. That’s the only reason I can think of that might cause people to ghost you last minute.

However, I’m also not above sending a message to everyone who RSVPd yes and explaining to them what it is they did. Just being like “hey, when you RSVP yes, we’re actively including you and people we expect to come with you in our plans. Please respect our time, effort, money, and also your decency as a human being by adequately replying to the RSVP.”

I’m also not above burning bridges so uhh YMMV if you go that route.

It could also be a case of each individual person thinking that they individually won’t be missed, hoping that there’ll be plenty of other people there anyway.

You expected a lot from the fartmaster, eh? Look it up if you’re not aware of 3kliksphilips other YouTube channel.