Hi all. My ds is 5 1/2 and went to several other classmates' parties during the school year, but I bumped into another mum at the shops yesterday and she told me that her ds had been invited to another boy's party back in December (during the Christmas school holidays), and asked whether my ds had gone to the party. I was really quite taken aback as ds didn't even get an invite, when this boy and my ds were in fact quite good friends and played together a lot. I got the impression that not every boy in the class was invited, for all I know it could've even been a very small party, but all the same it made me feel quite annoyed & a bit left out - mainly on ds' behalf. Ds invited this boy to his party back in July, but he was unable to come as he was going on holiday with his family. I would've thought she would return the invitation - or perhaps I am being a bit silly about it.
I know this is probably pretty common but has this happened to your child & how does it make you feel? What irritated me more is that at the beginning of the school holidays, the mother of this boy suggested that we get the boys together for a play one day, and then nothing happened. She knows that my ds really likes her ds, but on the other hand maybe she couldn't invite everyone. It just makes me feel a bit hurt, which is probably crazy because it's just a kid's party! I didn't think the 'school days' would be quite so tedious.
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Feeling a bit crappy about ds not getting a party invitation... has this happened to others?
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Mandy03 · 03/01/2006 08:59
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