Too be annoyed at this parent...

[Confusedmomma]

So I'm arranging a birthday party , and in my childs class there are 4 child with the same hyphenated name L-M. Except one of the 4 her mother decided she was a special snowflake and her first name is 3 names all hyphenated L-M-E.
So as I'm writing the invites in a rush I accidentally write them all as L-M , no big deal right?
Well on Friday , the mother pulls me and says my child would attend your childs party but it seems you've given us the wrong invite. It's says L-M not L-M-E , and I'd like an invite with her correct name on and just walks off. Is it me or is she being a bit dramatic? I have a double name and have no problem having my name shortened , my mother never did. Am I right too be a bit annoyed or was I wrong for not putting her daughters full name?

Off on a it if a tangent but pity the Teacher and TA dealing with all of the LM's.

I Was also going to guess lily-mae but with ellie. Why is lily-mae so popular?!

Please tell me she also has a hyphanated surname...

Do they actually call her the full name? It's almost as long as a sentence!

Maybe the other mother has picked up on your feelings about her dd's name and thinks you did this on purpose to make a point?

What a ridiculous name. Why do people do that to their child?

I have an unusual (for Australia) name spelt in a non-traditional way. It didn't make any difference to my life, outside of having to correct pronunciation a lot. Although I did make sure DS had a fairly standard name that everyone can pronounce and spell.

It only seems too be the mother who full names her , teachers and friends and herself call her lilly or L-M. Her dad when he picks up doesn't call her L-M-E he calls her lills.

Lilly-Mae-Elizabeth ?!? WTF? who gives their child such a long triple barrelled name ?
Poor kid is going to be spending the rest of her life spelling it out !

Pointless to this thread I know sorry OP. Not much help.

But really, I remember reading one of Prince Williams friends had a triple barrelled surname and thought that daft enough!
Hahaha Calleigh

Sevenofninetrue - I have no problem with her name , she's not my child. I missed Elizabeth off the invite I could have missed her out the party altogether but I didnt. I personally think the name needs too get a grip , I've never known someone demand they're childs full name be said/written.

Just apologise for the mistake and clarify that it was her daughter you were inviting.

OP could have done that if the rude mare hadn't have walked off.

fair dos that mum is going to loose her mind if she keeps trying to get everyone to use the full name! I'd copy the dad next time and address it to Lills but I'm mean!

What a ridiculous mother. I have an Irish name that my foreign friends sometimes spell wrong. Do I demand a new card or text if they get it wrong? No, I don't, because that would be me being a prize git.

Don't send a new invitation, all it does is reward the mother for her rudeness.

Apologies Confusedmomma, when you said 'special snowflake' I took that to mean you felt the name was pretentious.

The other mother was rude, that conversation could have been handled in a very polite and friendly way.

Pop over to the baby name threads and there are loads like this mother and loads more egging them on!

If her daughter was upset them the mum could have just written the Elizabeth part on herself and pretended to have found the correct invitation. People always spell my kids names wrong. The don't even have difficult names.

rewrite invite with her name on it - there are others with similar name so it is important you get it right

Oooh, DD has an unusual name that nursery teachers, school teachers, friends (and occasionally family) spell incorrectly. I am going to start refusing homework, invites, cards and presents that are spelled wrong.
I can just about guarantee that DD will have no friends by the end of the year!!

I'd just leave it and tell DD "I am not sure whether L-M-E is coming because her Mum wanted another invitation and I haven't got any more because I binned them all just now " and leave it to the girls to sort out. I expect that is bad parenting though getting them involved.

Sevenofninetrue - no I should have made it clearer that's what she calls L-M-E to the parents. She's my special little snowflake my L-M-E. It's bizarre the dad is so down to earth she acts like a crazy lady.

Just head tilt and tinkly laugh in future, she really doesn't warrant any other response or attention.

Do not write her another invite.

Down to earth dad will wise up eventually and he'll be doing every other weekend and 50/50 care in the week before too long..

Triple barrelled names - wtf! Is it a throwback to the era of Millie-Molly-Mandy

Does the mother actually use the full name herself? Does she make the teachers use it? As the owner of a double barrelled name myself, it can be irritating when people don't even try to get your name right, but trust me, you get used to it. She's going to have a very tedious life if she spends it correcting every mis-spelling or inadvertent shortening of her ridiculous name.