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Mum labelled 'cheeky' after inviting her own child to birthday party

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AuthorKatie Williams
Published date27 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Taking to popular parenting forum Mumsnet for some advice, she asked if she should let the woman know that the invite wasn't extended to her children. However she also questioned if the woman was being cheeky for assuming her own daughter was invited

Mumsnet is a forum website where people can ask questions about parenting, holidays and general life. Others can also vote on whether they think the poster is being unreasonable or not.

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Keep anonymous, she explained: "My DD [dear daughter] is turning eight in August and we've organised a small party for her, telling her she can have six guests from school. It's an activity so fairly pricey per child, hence the numbers. One of the school Mum's asked me if my DD was attending an event that coincides with the date of the party and I foolishly said, no because it's her birthday and she's having a party.

"The Mum instantly said, "oh ok I'll say no to the event then as she (her DD) would much rather go to your party". The kids have literally never played together. Instead of replying, sorry she's not invited I sort of sheepishly murmured something about having to go and headed off.

"I'm now stressed out about this, should I just let the kid come? Or was the Mum being cheeky to just assume her kid was invited? There are lots of smaller parties in the class, so nothing new there.

"For what it's worth she seems like a nice person, although I don't know her particularly well and my DD has never had any negative experiences with the other kid. But still, there's other kids she'd rather invite if there was the option of an extra space and I feel like I've been backed into a corner.

"I'm annoyed with myself but also finding the whole thing a bit stressful and awkward. What would you do?"

The post quickly accumulated over 100 comments, with some saying for her to be polite but honest, while others called the mum 'rude'.

One wrote: "To be honest, I think you were very rude to tell her there was a party when her dd wasn't invited. The normal polite response would have been "no, we aren't able to make it"."

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