DS aged 14 has been invited to a party. We have had lots of discussions about this boy who desperately wants to be my sons (and others) friend. My son is kind to him and feels sorry for him as he's always bringing in sweets to share in order to buy friends, but my son doesn't really want to hang out with him.
Last night he came to me and said he'd been invited to this childs party. He doesn't want to go but feels guilty because he doesn't think others will want to go either. My instant reaction was "Ah poor child" - Ds feels sorry for him too and I didn't help matters by also feeling sorry for him and making him feel guiltier for not wanting to go..
I said to do what he wanted. He shouldn't feel responsible for the kid as long as he was generally nice to him at school. He agreed but said "What if nobody goes?"
On the other hand, it's not fair for this childs parents to spend money on an expensive activity, albeit probably in order to facilitate their struggling childs friendship, when it wont actually help their friendship if my DS goes out of obligation.
AIBU in saying what i did?
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dowhatnow · 15/04/2016 09:46
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