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Have you dealt with this Birthday situation?
So my son's 6th birthday is next week-we typically just do a family party, but since his cousins weren't coming we decided he could invite a couple friends-we're going to a playland place. Otherwise it would be just him and 4 adults besides me and my husband. So he chose 3-4 friends to invite.
Now my neighbor is upset with me because we didn't invite them? But it isn't really a kids party-sure we invited 3-4 kids-but it's not like we invited his class of friends etc. Plus for the past 2 years they really haven't gotten along fighting, hitting, saying mean things, etc. And he fights with other kids all the time too and We didn't want to deal with it.
Plus the whole gift situation...his birthday passed already and we didn't get him a gift-I didn't want them to feel obligated to buy a gift.
Now she's saying I'm mean for not inviting her son. I have no problems with them but what would you do or say in that situation? Have you been in this situation? How can things be so complicated with 6 year olds-I just wanted to have a fun day for my son and a couple friends?
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Just because she's your neighbour, doesn't meen you'r obligated to be friends with her...nor are your kids obligated to be friends with her kids.
Just explain it the way you did to us, that it was mainly a family-only thing, except for a couple of really close friends, and it was never meant to be a big party with all the kids in the neighbourhood.
- Daisy HLv 41 decade ago
I think I'd say just about exactly what you said here: that usually you just have a family thing and that this year because the cousins couldn't come, you decided to invite a couple of kids so it would be fun for him. You might mention that while you love the adults, your children don't seem to be getting along great recently with the hitting, fighting, etc.
- 1 decade ago
Its easy, We asked our son to make a list of the possible friends he would like to invite at his Birthday Party. He made the list and we the parents selected the top 4 on his list as we wanted to keep it small. We truly regret not being able to invite everybody, but we just wanted a small gathering of friends.
We hope you'll understand, Thank you.
Source(s): This does not put it on your son or you and don't tell them who the invited guest are or how far down the list he was. They really had no busy to ask, by the way. - Anonymous1 decade ago
Just tell her she needs to grow up and get a life. No one is obligated to be friends with her or her children (especially if they act like that). Just move on. I'm sure you have better things to spend your time on than her petty problems.
