‘Next time we’ll take a babysitter at our neighbor’s party’
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It’s great fun, that neighbor’s party, but if the little kids can’t sleep because of the DJ’s noise, the party is over quickly.
Shanti (35): “Do you know what a good idea is?” three neighborly friends and we exclaimed one wine-fueled evening, “A neighbor’s party!” Only young families lived in our Vinex neighborhood, most of whom played a lot with each other. If we kept it in the family’s house with the most space, we wouldn’t need a nanny. The attic could serve as a sleeping floor and then we would just take turns checking whether the offspring was sleeping during the party.
Next time a babysitter
That’s how it happened. Weeks of preparation preceded it, no expense was spared. There was a DJ, the champagne was flowing in gallons. Only that undisturbed thirty-plus dance party came to nothing. Already at ten o’clock the first children came down. They couldn’t sleep. Knocked each other’s brains in. Some were afraid of the dark. The music was too loud.
“Within half an hour most of the children were crying from fatigue”
After two hours of slogging – half of the parents intoxicated – we decided to take the whole pack down. Then they danced together for one night. Fairly optimistic, of course, because within half an hour most of the children were crying from fatigue. We put an end to it before twelve o’clock and promised each other: next time we’ll take a babysitter.”
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As long as it’s fun
Cindy (38): “My husband, my brother and my brother-in-law all turned 40 shortly after each other. Reason for a party, the sisters-in-law and I thought. We arranged a cafe, sent the children to grandma and the DJ of the house wanted to play. Yes, only dance of course, he assured; all the men listened to.
The first song he played was I will survive by the Hermes House Band. Come on, best interpreted as dance, we gave him the benefit of the doubt. But when one Hazes hit after another Wolter Kroes song blared from the speakers, we didn’t know how we were doing. Did he really have nothing else? We still had playlists on Spotify. But none of that worked, on his equipment. Screaming with laughter, despite that more gigantic miss, we had a fantastic evening – hopping instead of bouncing.”
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