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 👍🏻?

OMFG 👎

This reads like an attempt to get a story into the DM so that people can sneer at the silly mummies. Pretending that there is some sort of unspoken competition by implying emojis have any deeper meaning other than silly symbols on a screen.

👐⚓️

🐓🐹

Oh god I couldn’t give a shit about this.. YABU

🤪

🍿🍿🍿

Seriously, I have seen it all now, there's a hierarchy of emojis and people are aware of this and furthermore bothered by it?!

On the tiny off chance this is real, I think you might need some serious help.

👍🏻

Who knew emoji-smiting was a thing

Is this a joke?
Either decline if it's inconvenient for your DD to go or take up the invitation.
All very strange. Also a bit of a shame that your DC miss out on parties because you had so many of them (unless you had quads or something 😂)

Are you 15?

Love it 🤣

ffs she obviously put a heart for the people she does know well.

If only Cain and Abel had had recourse to emoji smiting, or David and Goliath, Henry viii and the Pope……….. the history of the world would have been changed forever.

It's a thumbs up, not a middle finger. Yabvu

Damn! That will teach me to rtft. As you were.

@ananass

those are too clever for me.

clap anchor?

chicken mouse?

Oh my goodness, what a seen, I feel so fanny.

This is honestly the most pathetic and ridiculous thread I've ever seen on mumsnet.

This can't be for real?

🤣

Wanker and Cockwomble

To add, I’m not calling anyone that on the thread, I’m just adding them to the list!

I'm surprised you have enough time to overthink this in such an absurd fashion what with having so many kids. Good lord!

Are you utterly batshit OP???

I'm quite amused that you and other parents have actually compared replies 🤨

Another one who thinks you’re a twat, sorry!

Heart is too familiar for people who ‘hardly see her to talk to her’. The thumbs up is friendly enough. If you’d have got a heart you’d have found something complain about that too I’m sure.

I think it’s on a group chat!