in thinking that this woman, who I relatively friendly with, has taken leave of her senses re:our children?

[Catnao]

This is trivial, but I am a bit .

The phone went this morning, my son (10) answered it and the half of the conversation I heard went: "Hello? Yes it is...Oh, no thank you, I'm a bit tired and I don't really feel like it at the moment....Yes, see you tomorrow maybe...Bye"

It was a friend of his who lives in our village asking him to come round to play.

2 minutes later, said child's mother rang me and shouted down the phone at me that my son was rude and being ungrateful, and had really upset her son! Then hung up!

So, am I? She's not my friend as such, but we've always been on friendly terms and the kids play out together a lot.

do you think if he had phoned a few people - the mum got confused over which boy was rude?

Crikey How odd.

My sons often decline invites or their friends sometimes turn things down that sons suggest. Don't we all? Never heard of a reaction like that before!!

I feel really sorry for her little boy.

Her behaviour is making an already difficult situation worse.

YANBU, OP.