Ok I know this has been done to death here BUT

[fannyfoghorn]

Mother of child in my son's class - did you REALLY have to give out your DD's party invitations to all and sundry (including the other child I take to school)in the line just before school? DS has only started school and was very upset. He then started opening an imaginary invitation and pretending he really had been invited and went sadly into class.

Yes, yes I know this is the real world and he can't be invited to everything, nor should he be, but let's face it - even at our age being left out still sucks and he is only 5. He probably won't be invited to many things as he is eccentric and nerdy

AIBU to imagine kicking that mother up the arse? I can't help it - it set him up for a crap start to his day. GRR!

YANBU - not difficult to either give invites to paretns (what I did) or to the teacher. I also insisted at DS's party that it was either the whole calss (thnakfully not possible) or a much smaller group ie not leaving out just 2 or 3.

Re biys vs girls - my boy struggle to think of enough boys to invite to his party!

YANBU
I always tell my DC's to hand them out discreetly. When they were younger I gave them to parents discreetly.