"I was delighted when I saw an Evite in my inbox from a mom inviting him to a classmate's 6th birthday party. The little boy's name was Nathan. The event took place at a retro slot-car raceway, where you raced tiny, electric-powered replicas of full-size cars on narrow tracks with "grooves," known as "slots." Neither of us had been to one before, and we were excited to accept the invitation."
"Nathan's mother asked people to give half the money we'd have spent on gifts to an animal shelter. She'd use the other half to buy something big that he really wanted. I ignored red flags I was relieved that I didn't have to go out of my way to purchase a present, so I donated $20 online. As a result, Bobby and I arrived, empty-handed, at the slot-car venue at 11 am on a rainy Sunday morning."
A parent received an Evite inviting their shy kindergartener, Bobby, to a classmate Nathan's sixth birthday at a retro slot-car raceway. The invitation requested guests donate half the gift money to an animal shelter and use the other half to buy a larger present; the parent donated $20 online and arrived without a physical gift. The parent misidentified a child wearing a large rosette as the birthday boy and was corrected by a hostess, who named the child Oliver. Despite ignoring early warning signs, the parent and Bobby had fun at the venue and interacted with others.
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