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In honor of those born today (and tomorrow) I celebrate you in song and germ warfare. Happy Birthday! -- to George, Jennie & Susan!

Birthday party dilemma and advice from a sloppy cupcake baker: Okay. So, my screwed-up mommy thoughts these days are: Did my kid's first grade party invite get sniped by another first grader's party, or am I just socially greedy? "And now," she said, speaking with a semblance of hindsight: "The answer is I was not technically sniped. However, I am someone who could be accused of being unreasonably hoggish regarding the sharing of party-goers." And so, I'm now asking the PTA Fairies ; Just what is the right way to handle dueling invites in grade school? Just to be clear: What I mean is, what happens when two kids -- different classrooms, same grade, same friends-- have conflicting parties at the same time? Admittedly, I made the biggest mistake right off the top: I tried something new. I put "Regrets Only" on the invite. Hey, can you blame me? So many people just blow off RSVP'ing these days that I figured by reversing the process o