Family Issues, how would you have reacted or even handle it afterward?

Invite a couple friends to come over too. Have your social hour and eat, and when your parents finally show up, simply state the leftovers are in the kitchen and continue visiting with your friends.

If dinner was at 2 and they dont show up on time, make the evening about your other guests, you might keep dropping hints about them coming early and how much fun you had or with my husbands family, we actually tell them an hour earlier than we plan because they always run late

It's very frustrating, makes me feel like i'm not important enough for them or that they dont respect me enough to show up on time. Be the bigger person, dont let them see that it bothers you, just dont make them the center of attention and dont wait for them

I would've been angry and called off dinner. IF they knew that 1pm was hors d'oeuvres and dinner was at 2pm. That was rude of them...that would just not make me want to make a dinner for next year and if I did make one I wouldn't invite them anylonger. If they ask why they weren't invited simply remind them that the past 2 years that you invited them that they were late and rude for not calling and stating that they were going to be late.

I would say. " I was very disappointed, that you did not arrive to my house in time for the food I had prepared. The time, effort and preparation I put into making that meal for us all was hard work, and for this reason I have decided that next year I will not be hosting the meal again for such an important day, maybe next year you will do the honors. And I promise that I will be on time and respect all your hard work that will be required to accommodate us.

I would not invite them to the next event.. when they ask why tell them they do not comply with your requests and you will not tolerate it any longer if they want to start attending your functions they need to be on time or earlier... Being fashionably late is overated and they need to grow up and be a part of your events on time.. Good LUCK

If you plan to have dinner at 2:00 tell them it's at 1:00. This way they show up at two. Even if they do show up at 1, just have them chit-chat while your getting stuff ready, or maybe you could even use their help.

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You must remember not to jump to conculsions. I'm sure they didn't come late on purpose.

I can understand that you feel quite annoyed and disappointed but sometimes these things happen to teach you something.