Get billed.
My response would be a simple, "Go Fuck Yourself."
People confirm and then miss events. It happens. It might be rude, but it happens. Had she said her son came down with the flu, what then?
Instead of attacking a child's family because he'd rather spend time with his grandparents, she should have asked the people running the event to deduct that child from the bill.
Missed a birthday party?
The couple claim that the mother of Alex’s friend has threatened the couple with taking the case to the small claims court.
Remember when you slashed someone's tires (or tyres here, as the fee is in pounds) and called it even?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."