Sooooo, two friends of ours recently separated and are currently waging the war to be the most popular parent with their only child. So far this has involved an extortionate level of spending, running around, lavish holidays etc.
Now they've decided to throw her a sweet 16 bash (thanks for that, we told ours that it wasn't a thing a couple of months back when it was her turn). This includes village hall hire, a DJ, will undoubtedly have her arriving in a gold carriage pulled by unicorns.
So far there are 60 teens invited. We (a mutual bunch of friends who are all parents) have been told on whatsapp this morning that we're being called upon to bounce this event and make sure it doesn't get out of control. Some of the parents on that list won't even have teens attending. It has been assumed from the word go that our help will be unlimited.
AIBU to say "not my circus, not my monkeys" or am I being a bit mean in thinking that someone else's wild ambition to throw a trouble free 16 year old party when they can't even sort their own divorce out is bonkers?