Ds has a Christmas birthday, this year she becomes a teenager & asked for a party.
We decided we'd treat her & a some of her school friends to a day at the Christmas market in our nearest city.
She asked her friends (4 of them) & they thought it was a great idea, no final date set but more than likely Saturday 13th December.
She has one friend who is a bit bossy/controlling & likes to be the centre of attention (ds needs to see this for herself, I am aware if I point it out, she will be defensive)
Tonight she has received a message from said friend, sent to a group asking if they fancied going to the Christmas market the weekend prior to this.
Now I know dd doesn't have the monopoly on the Christmas market, but it was a special trip to mark her birthday. She has cried her eyes out tonight & I have said we'll work something out, do something else special.
The weekend suggested by friend happens to be a weekend Dh & I are away & the dc are staying with a relative so dd replied saying no, she couldn't make it. Friend replied saying "you HAVE to come!"
The plan for her birthday was DH & I would drive them up, take them to market, food etc
dd feels this has spoiled her birthday plans. She's not precious, neither am I, but this just seems rather strange. (The group of girls she messaged about the trip include the ones dd had asked)
I'm trying to stay out of it (I know her mother) but listening to my dd sobbing when she was so excited about her birthday is a bit upsetting.
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Evabeaversprotege · 22/11/2014 23:27
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