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Ds not invited

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Futurefaithin · 09/10/2022 07:48

AIBU to be upset by this??? I know it's easy to feel your children have been treated unfairly but I think was was really mean?
ds and another little boy are best friends and they play together every single day at school.
DS kept coming home from school saying "best friend is having a party for his birthday and he said he wants me to come"
And I explained to DS that he needs an invitation to be able to go . DS said other children received an invitation but not him. I thought DS was mistaken about it tbf or that best friend was confused about when his party was.
Then it turns out he did have a party this weekend and plenty of other children were invited but not DS.
It's not a one way friendship or where ds thinks they're best friends but they're not- this little boy always seeks out ds and they play nicely together, the teachers at school say they are best friends and always playing together etc.
The only reason I can think, is my DS older sibling is autistic and they have seen him kicking off (often!) on the way to school/ after school at the playground and seen him being out of school often and made their judgements on us as a family from that.
I feel so upset for DS I feel like he's been deemed not good enough to be this boys friend.
I don't really know many of the school mums from ds year because I am autistic myself so small talk isn't my strong point and also am usually v busy on the school run sorting out other DS because he's often refusing to go in, (but I am friendly and not rude etc) so maybe that's ask part of the reason but surely that's not a reason to exclude a 6 year old??

OP posts:
Whatacarryonthisis · 09/10/2022 19:05

Did he come to the birthday party of your ds?

Futurefaithin · 09/10/2022 19:38

Whatacarryonthisis · 09/10/2022 19:05

Did he come to the birthday party of your ds?

Yes he did but it was a whole class party to be fair.

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Montague22 · 09/10/2022 20:27

It’s hurtful, I would feel the same.
I think you’d feel less upset if you hadn’t had the experience you have with his sibling though.
I would have a quiet word with the teacher and ask her to suggest 3-4 good matches for your son. Then either find their number on the WhatsApp group or ask for a note to be put in their book bag. Ask if they’d like to meet up/go to soft play. We’ve had several notes over the years so don’t over think it.

SofiaAmes · 09/10/2022 20:40

This happened to my dd at that age. Her best friend (not just according to dd...the teacher and all the child's artwork relating to friendship said so too) had a birthday party and invited all the girls in the class (10 of them) except my dd and one other girl. I spoke with the mother and it turned out she hated me (she didn't actually say so, but her demeanor did) and to this day (15 years later) I have absolutely NO idea why. I had had her over with a few other mothers for tea to work on something for the school a month earlier and we had a lovely time and that was the only interaction I ever had with her.

SofiaAmes · 09/10/2022 20:40

Just as an aside, my DS' best friends in elementary school were all on the spectrum (DS was finally diagnosed as Neuro-Diverse as a young adult) and we always invited them to his birthday parties and it made me so sad that most of them had never been invited to another party before DS'.
It's so easy to include a child and make activities that work for everyone.
Once the other parents saw them interacting at a party in a positive way, they too started inviting them to parties.
I just wish people would try harder.

TheWayTheLightFalls · 09/10/2022 20:49

It's all down to parents at this age. When DD had a party (having just started school) I asked for her opinion but really I thought about the kids whose parents I knew and could drop a quick WA message to saying that we were having a little party on x date at y time and could they come along. Much easier than a whole class thing where you're worried about one kid's allergies and the other's five siblings turning up.

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