What do I say to this?

[teaandakitkat]

Ds wants to do an activity with 3 friends for his birthday then go to Pizza Express.

I texted round all the parents and got this reply from one of them.

"Dd would love to do the birthday activity but does not want to eat in Pizza Express. She deeply opposes large corporate chains and prefers to support locally owned eateries. Would you consider eating in xyz instead so that she doesn't feel excluded?"

This kid is 9.

Wtf? Sometimes something is so bizarre you're not quite sure how to respond.

I want to say "Sorry, birthday boy has asked to go to Pizza Express so that's what we are going to do. You can collect your dd before we go in if she won't join us".

AIBU? I'm not, am I?

Surely you either go to the party that's on offer or you don't? The host doesn't arrange the party to suit individual guests?

Wow, that's a new one!

I think your text sounds perfect

Are you sure that's the DC opinion and not the parents?

Your reply is spot on, if the DC doesn't want to eat at PE then parent collects after the activity.

That's hilarious!!!

Wow! Just wow! I'm sure their 9 year old came up with that all by themselves. Your response is perfect.

That is ridiculous. If her mum she is not going to support corporate chains, she had better get used to feeling excluded.

Oh wow. Someone has seriously lost their manners.

Your response is fine. Quite kind considering.

How old is your DS? Teenagers can have lots of deeply held beliefs, I know I did (was probably very annoying!)

Tell her you are prepared to change the venue if she pays the difference in price?

Bloody hell, that takes cheeky fuckery to a new extreme

Wow! That poor child ! Your reply is perfect though.

If this is real, this is properly hilarious and needs to go straight on the @HighgateMums Twitter account.

Your response sounds spot on to me.

Just politely reply as you have suggested.
The child's parent is imposing her view on the child imo.

Any chance the parent is joking?? That's just batshit!!

God that parent sounds wanky. Thank heavens they don't do McDonald's parties any more.

Your reply sounds spot on. If the friend drifts away from your son because of his choice of world destroying eatery establishments (or whatever that response was) consider it a bonus.

Really glad you're not bending or even wobbling. You may have been hung drawn and slaughtered

Your text is perfect.

This 9 year old has such strong personal feelings against a big business that they won't go and eat pizza for a friend's birthday?

I'd get your son to talk to this friend and see what she really thinks.

Sorry, I see the DC is 9. My 9 year old DS only has deeply held opinions about minecraft. He opposes the use of palm oil though.

Jebus! Your reply is fine. How weird is that!

This has got to be a joke surely?! That's mad!

Yanbu, cheeky fucker.

Offer to meet up with this other kid some other time and say you look forward to having a chat with cheeky fucker's DD about globalisation and it's destabilising effect on our economy and our society.

Honestly people can be so entitled - what happened to good manners and thanking you for the kind invitation and just saying they'd maybe pick their wee one up early...... Last week one of the dads at school asked if the PTA meeting could be changed to accomodate his work schedule and would there be conference call facilities so he could Skype into the PTA meeting.....eh no it's a school....x

No, you are not being unreasonable and your reply is perfect.

They are joking. Are you sure they are not joking? I'd just assume they are and send a lol emoji back & tell them what time to pick up the kid from said corporate chain restaurant.

"Locally owned eateries" - PMSL!

What a loon !! YANBU at all. Tell her she's welcome to eat at xyz for HER DD's birthday