What is the appropriate response to a friend who Facebook, email and text spams you to throw the equivalent of a Tupperware party at your house for her?
I hate Tupperware parties. I hate Pampered Chef parties. I hate Jewelry parties. I hate them all almost as much as I hate book clubs. I don’t go to them and I’ll be gosh darned if I throw one myself in my own house where I don’t have the luxury of sneaking out the back door with a cup of wine while pretending I’m going to the bathroom. (I say cup because I don’t steal wine glasses, you see. I do have some class.)
My problem is that she’s an actual friend. I don’t like to say no to people I like. But if she asks me one more time I swear I’m going to to avoid her as much as possible and grumble about it to myself. Oh yes, there will be grumbling. Don’t say I didn’t passive aggressively warn her on Tumblr (where there’s very little chance she’ll ever see this). Because I just did.