My dd is in reception and has a particular friend in her class. They seem to get on really well and have had play dates all fine etc. this topic is quite trivial but I am just wondering if I made a social faux pas here.
A few months ago I realised that my dd and her friend have birthdays very close together, so I asked her mum what day they were having their party on so that I could change ours if there was a clash. There are only 9 of them in a class and I didn't want them to have to choose between parties. It turned out that her dd's party was booked for the day after ours, so not to worry she said.
Anyway, some time ago it became clear that my dd was not invited to her friend's party for some reason. I gave out my dds invitations to everyone which I always do in reception - we always invite the whole class. I saw the other girls mum that day at pick up time and she looked awkward and said 'er, x's party is on the day after - I don't do invitations.' Then she walked off. I heard nothing from her regarding whether her dd was coming to my dds party. A week or so ago an invitation to her dds party turned up in my dds book bag. I responded via text and received no reply.
I have seen her several times since and she has not said whether this girl is coming to my dds party. I was talking to another mum today who let me know that her dd is coming and that she will be bringing X, the other girl to the party with her dd. X's mother has not told me anything....
Surely her behaviour is a bit odd? I wondered whether she is annoyed that my dds party is the day before hers and could have overshadowed it, and whether she thinks I should have changed it to another week or something. The way I saw it was that it will be in the Easter holidays. Surely the children will be happy to have two parties in one weekend?
So have I missed something here? When my older dd was in reception we never had a situation like this...