She Only Invited 5 Friends To Her Son’s Birthday Party, And The Other Moms Are Furious She Did Not Invite The Whole Class
This twenty-eight-year-old mother has a wonderful eight-year-old son.
And last school year, her son was super excited for his first year attending the “big kids’ school,” as he calls it, because his first grade school year had been remote due to the pandemic.
So, when it came time to celebrate his birthday in April, she wanted to throw him the best party with his new friends that she could. Still, though, she was financially struggling.
“We are not in the best place financially. Like most families, our consumer debt piled on, and we are throwing every spare cent at it,” she explained.
So, while preparing the guest list for her son’s party, she only invited five classmates. She believed these kids were the ones her son truly considered his friends anyway.
But, the invites were not handed out during class time in front of the other students. Instead, she delivered all of the invitations directly to the children’s homes to avoid anyone feeling excluded.
Plus, for the rest of the students, she even sent two dozen cupcakes and juice boxes for an in-class birthday celebration.
She also ingeniously planned the party to be both budget-friendly and wildly fun.
“Money was tight, so I got creative. I made nine small cakes and buttercream in different colors. I also made big sugar cookies and different colored frosting and sprinkles. Finally, I bought tortillas, made pizza sauce, and had a variety of toppings,” she recalled.
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So, on the day of the party, all of the kids got to make their own homemade pizzas. Then, they played with water guns outside for hours before decorating their own cake and cookie to take home with them.
She thought the party was a huge success and, apparently, the other kids did, too– because, on Monday, the five guests could not stop raving about how fun the party was. They even called it “the best party ever.”
Unfortunately, though, the other kids heard about it, felt left out, and were upset they weren’t invited. And at after-school pick-up, she was even approached by some unhappy moms.
“They confronted me about not inviting their kids, and I said I was sorry but that it was a small party for his close friends only,” she said.
Nonetheless, they would not stop complaining about her excluding their children. And even now, over six months later, she is still getting passive-aggressive comments thrown at her from the same mothers. So, she has been left wondering if choosing to only invite a few of her son’s close friends to the birthday party was a fine decision or if she should not have “left the other kids out.”
Do you think the other moms should be making her feel guilty? Are parents required to invite the entire class to birthday parties?
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