Mom Says Daughter Was Uninvited to Classmate's Party — Wonders If She Should Throw Bigger Party and Exclude Other Kid
A woman wants to host a party for her daughter — and not invite a 'mean' classmate who recently excluded her — but, she's unsure if it's the right call.
The woman detailed her story in the 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' forum on the U.K.-based community site Mumsnet, explaining that her 10-year-old daughter was recently invited — and then uninvited — to a classmate's end-of-the-year party.
The original poster (OP) said her daughter was uninvited because the girl throwing the party found out that the boy she likes has a crush on the OP's daughter.
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'[My daughter] doesn't even like this boy or care about boys in general (thank god), but the girl doesn't want [her] at her party because he will be there. [My daughter] has since been called names and been made fun of by this girl at school,' the woman said.
The OP discussed the issue with the other girl's mother, but was merely told, ' 'You know what girls that age are like when it comes to boys.' '
The woman said she is now considering throwing her own, bigger party for her daughter's class and inviting everyone but the girl who had excluded her daughter.
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'I don't want [my daughter] to be upset and excluded, but I don't know if I can let her be the mean girl, excluding someone else and making them upset,' the OP said in a follow-up comment.
The majority of the woman's fellow community members said they thought that she should throw the party — and that it might even serve as a learning moment for the other family.
'Do it. You're teaching the girl and her mother a valuable lesson here — that its not nice to be mean. Her mother obviously isnt teaching her,' one person said.
'[Throw a] bigger, better party for sure,' said someone else. 'I'd go full-on petty with this one, and if the mother complains, [say], 'Well, you know what girls are like with parties nowadays.'
However, a few other Mumsnet users advised against it.
'Don't. Go high, not low," one person said.
"A 10-year-old, we can forgive [...]. However, she's sadly got a weak, ridiculous parent. Go ahead and throw your daughter a party," someone else said before adding that they would invite the other child in order "to show the [other] mother how to behave properly.'
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