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Originally Posted by yorkiesmiles  I am not looking down on anyone. When I said, not to be rude, I meant please don't take this negatively. I realize that people have their reasons and yes, it sounds like you had your reasons. But a couple hundred people said they would come and the majority never followed thru. I know all about tight budgets - I'm a single mother, and many would be shocked by my low income level. I know about making sacrifices and picking and choosing what to do with my time and money.
This year, I made the sacrifice to come, used my vacation time, time away from my daughter and put aside money to make the trip.
What I'm referring to is people saying they will come because it sounds like a nice idea to participate, but they never make one plan to follow through - and there were plenty of them that fit that description. And this was after they knew it would be in KC. There were those saying they were coming right until it was time to pay up even. The people who were all gung ho just disappeared - that's my issue. Because if we knew there would only be 30 or so people there, I'm not sure the event would have happened this year.
But I'm so glad it did, because I had a great time.
And if it is across the country in the future, I'll have to reevaluate this for myself whether I can participate - so I am definitely not judging anyone. |
I didn't think you were being rude - Just honest, and I don't think you were singling anyone out. What did happen in the end was very frustrating because at one point Lisa was looking at having to come out of pocket herself (not that we would have let that happen) due to the low turn out.
No matter what you do, where you have it, or what the cost there are going to be people who can't make it for financial and/or other reasons.