A woman is feeling stressed and foolish after spilling the beans of her daughter 's birthday party to a mum who invited herself and her daughter even though they weren't on the list. The woman took to the 'Am I Being Unreasonable' forum on Mumsnet to explain that her daughter's birthday was an activity-based party where six children were invited given the costs of the party.
However, before the event, another parent spoke to the mum about whether her daughter would be attending a different event on the same day as her party, but the mum is now stressed after spilling the beans. She said: "One of the school Mum's asked me if my kid was attending an event that coincides with the date of the party.
"I foolishly said, no because it's her birthday and she's having a party."
Then, the other parent replied by saying that it is ok because her daughter would much rather miss the other event to attend the daughter's birthday party.
"Instead of replying, sorry she's not invited I sort of sheepishly murmured something about having to go and headed off," explained the mum who is now growing in stress over the situation.
"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?"
The mum is now feeling awkward and stressed by the situation and is not sure what to say to this other parent who has assumed an invite to the daughter's very small birthday party.
"For what it's worth she seems like a nice person, although I don't know her particularly well and my kid has never had any negative experiences with the other kid," she said.
"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."
Many have been quick to respond with advice as one wrote: "Just send her a message saying sorry if we’ve got our wires crossed. we are having a very small party with just 5-6 close friends so feel free to do the other social thing instead."
While another said: "If you really don’t want the other kid to go you’re going to have to send a nice message saying sorry limited on numbers and we have already chosen the few who will be there. "
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