AIBU to be gopping mad at this woman who posted my DCs party invite on social media!?

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I made some daft invites to look like magazine covers for DCs upcoming birthday to use up a load of old photo paper.

I found it odd that I was getting text message acceptances and requests to bring siblings from mothers of children I had never heard of- when quizzed the same name came up and a mention of a Social Networking site.

It turns out one of the mother's of a child in Dc's class took a photo of the invite (which had date/time/venue)on her wall and posted it on FB under an event (wtf?)

I've hired the venue out privately and am panicking the party will be ruined, we will end up in the local paper because 200 kids turn up wanted to be entertained and fed.

I asked the mother directly and she denied it and I have no proof (screen shot etc) although I am STILL getting texts

DC will be heartbroken if I cancel I just do not know what to do for the best. The last thing I'd want it having to stand by the venue door for 3 hours instead of joining in a celebrating a birthday- It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact my child will be 7 but this is the first time we've ever held a party.

Any advice on how to handle would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds like a huge wind up to me?!

Irma - I think FB mum didn't decline the invitation until after she was confronted about putting it on FB and inviting others to the party. So either she thinks that people will text the OP, who will tell them they can't come, or that the OP will have to deal with people who just turn up on the day - and that she will be far, far away from any fracas!

Yep. What SDT said. With knobs on.
FB mum was a yes- the he was a no.

Letseatgrandma- bit of a risky move winding up someone you don't know and dragging all your friends in on it too?????

Fb mum may well have declined the invite but might still be planning to attend with her friends thinking that the rest of the venue is still open to the public. A bit of a "you can't stop me" response.

What's her name, we'll all add her on FB

From starting out as a child's birthday party, this has become one of the most talked about events this year. I'm expecting to hear that one of the Kardashians turned up.

When is the party? This weekend?

Yes this weekend.

Good luck!

It's all very clumsy and oaf-ish of FB mum. That's all I know!

OP, you absolutely positively HAVE to report back after the party, whether the 'uninvited' are a no show and you have the world's most boring party or if all hell breaks loose!!

Please report back!

Please report back!

This could have all been a massive stupid accident.

The other womsn could have just took a pic of flyer and posted it on her wall to show what Her DC was doing. Obviously it went a bit viral and then then realising took it down, feels embarrassed and maybe a bit intimidated that's why she can't look op in the eye.

The DH texting back is a bit naff.

Sorry this was not an accident the FB mum would have apologised to the OP and contacted those friends of hers and explained the mix up. Instead she threaten the police, on the OP when she enquired what was happening.

FB mum hoped that the OP would be to polite to mention it and let her son have a 'birthday party' with her paying for it.

Wow. Just wow. Some people have more neck than a giraffe.

I told DP about this thread when it was first posted and he didn't even look up from his laptop, he just said "MN is weird..."

I can't believe how bizarre this situation is getting though, I'm totally agog that the other mums are still planning to come along! I really hope for your sanity that they were referring to the picnic.

clutter how do you know all that for sure? People just love climbing on the out rage bus on here.

Op had contacted the mother and she said she hadn't done it (obviously she had) then she sent her numerous emails (even though she wasn't replying to them) then said said all in invited guests would be asked to contact who invited them.

If it was a mistake and the mother felt she couldn't back track after lying maybe she felt bombarded.

Personal details on facebook - bad and she should of apologised But I hardly think she was trying to squeeze her sons birthday in FFS.

Some posters really need to join a creative writing group

obviously she had
But how do you know she had?

clutter how do you know all that for sure? I don't but normal people tend to apologise rather then threaten police when asked about it.

Tequilashots - according to the OP, the other mum posted the flyer on her FB page as an event - that's not just saying 'look at this cute invitation my chikd got', it's saying 'Here's a funevent, would you like to come?'

And if it was, by some stretch of the imagination, genuinely a mistake, why not apologise and help sort out the mess she had made? She denied putting the event up at all, and hasn't done anything to sort out the problem she's caused.

Ah!

Yes. I see.

I would quite like to camp next to the venue and see if she turns up on the day. Is that a bit wrong?

Good luck for tomorrow OP

Good luck op!