Would love some advice. Daughter moved in her much older boyfriend after splitting up with his wife. It was acrimonious and to save himself, made out I had not been a good friend to his mates, ruining the friendship. They eventually decided to forgive him for his behaviour.
Problem is, their son was great friends with my 8 year old in the same class and the only thing he asked for, for his birthday was to do something with his friend.
Instead of saying no, they said they had things to do over the next 4 days, then maybe after the 4 days. I then messaged them twice and got blanked.
I understand that adults might have opinions, but hurting an 8 year old by setting expectations then letting him down because of the trouble your mate has caused between us just seems wrong.
Am I being unreasonable in thinking they should have just said, no, we're not friends anymore instead of upsetting an 8 year old in his Birthday so I didn't set expectations that they could do something together?