I thought the obvious answer to that post was- see if someone else at the party minds going to get Abby. Susan is busy hosting, I get that. And Abby is acting a wee bit entitled by being so very very angry about it. But being stranded on the side of a road with a kid is a shitty situation, and Susan could like, make some effort to help her, even if she's unable to go fetch Abby herself.
I agree with your general premise, and I'll go you one better by saying I feel a sense of social obligation to attend other people's events--I feel that as a part of their community I should be there to be supportive of them if I can. Thus I try to go to weddings when invited, if at all possible--while some people (including my husband) might be inclined to "I don't know those people that well", to me, if they want me to celebrate with them, I want to celebrate with them. I also try to go to funerals if I am even semi-close to the bereaved. So if somebody invites me to their birthday party, I will try to put in an appearance even if I maybe don't really want to (say it's a party in a bar and I don't care for bars) on the premise that it was important to N that I be at their party, else they wouldn't have invited me
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I wonder if it's all relative. I don't think too much of a one hour drive, since that was sometimes how long my commute could take in San Diego traffic. Some of the local people look shocked that I don't consider a half hour to 45 minutes drive to be bad.
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