Decline party invite because she gave me a thumbs up?

[FrumptyMumpty]

I know this is petty, but I find the whole birthday party scene an unwanted drain on my family time, my energy levels and my finances.

I’d much rather do play dates.

When you’ve got as many kids as I have it’s lucky if we don’t have a birthday each day of the weekend.

So my eldest daughter was invited to a party where everyone is invited.

I don’t know this mum, hardly see her to talk to her, but the kids get on so I was going to go… like you do. She came to my daughters party, exchange the gift back, etc

BUT the mum is obviously selectively responding to several mums RSVPs with either a 👍🏻or a ❤️

I got a thumbs up 👍🏻

Now I’m wondering why I should put myself out when she has outed me as being less equal than half the other mums.

AIBU to decline purely because of the 👍🏻?

How petty can you be? One does wonder who is the child in this scenario....

Someone much younger than me said thumbs up was passive aggressive on teams and they always use heart. I have no idea if this is a commonly held notion ?

Please god let this be a joke.

What utter bollocks! You're being totally ridiculous.

Absolutely no need to go looking for something idiotic to get offended about.

I would assume the OP had close friendships with those she’s given the heart symbol to. You’ve admitted you’re not close to her. So why do you think she’s going to shower you with emoticons?

Will anyone think of all those kids!

This has to be a joke surely?! If not, you need to grow up. It's not about you, it's about your child. How pathetic to consider declining because someone gave you a thumbs up.

🤣

😂 gosh and I thought I could be a bit of a diva!

Send her a poo emoji?

You should definitely decline and make sure you tell her how rude she has been. In fact get all the other thumbs up loser parents together and boycott the party - actually, have your own party in the same venue bit with a butterfly release and dolphins.
Then send her a 🖕

YANBU not to go if you are too busy . YAB-U-nhinged to refuse to let your daughter go to a party over some mum you don’t even know sending you a 👍🏻 instead of an ❤️ emoji!!!

I know "narcissistic personality disorder" gets thrown around a lot on MN, but...

Is this a joke? It’s almost certainly random.

Good grief. Either she's deciding the response at random, or it's hearts for her close friends and thumbs up for people like you who "hardly see her to talk to".

Did your child write this post using your username OP?

Surely no grown up would actually be so petty as to prevent their child going to a birthday party and having fun because they got a slightly less effusive emoji than other people.

Demand (it's MN after all) that all the other people who got a thumbs up refuse to go.

Organise a rival party on the same date.

Or just...maybe...grow up.

WTH are you actually complaining about? Ask yourself, seriously.

How does your daughter feel about this?

🐄

FFS 🤦‍♀️

There are definitely some bored posters on this site today going by the amount of batshit posts currently up

Mumsnet is wild today with the crazies 😁

This can't be real.

One for the Twitter Mumsnet account.....

Or the Tattle one since that’s been topical today too