Roll your eyes at the drama!

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Some of the parents in our children's class have very kindly organised a surprise leaving party for the year 6 children.
The 'surprise' has unfortunately been leaked by one of the children. One of the mothers has sent a message to the whatsapp group (please see below. I have changed the names)
Do you think this message is a bit over the top? I feel for whoever's child it is as they will now be picked on.

The Message:

Evening all I have some very upsetting and heartbreaking news to share with you. 😢💔

It’s come to my attention there a couple of children who have access to this and the other PARENT group chat and have spoiled the surprise. Especially one child in particular I know who the child is and feel like naming and shaming!
They have shared all the information from the day of the party, time, what’s happening there and the hoodies.
They have even shared the sizes and colours to the children and that is sensitive information.

Myself, Parent 1, Parent 2, Parent 3 have all worked incredibly hard over the past few months from calling venues, DJ’s booking things and surprises.
We also all work full time have so much going on in our personal lives and it hasn’t been easy.
To say the least I’m extremely hurt by this as we have even kept all of this away from our own children. It really feels like a kick in the stomach. It’s been so stressful and now I personally am fuming all hard work has been wasted.
Parent groups are for parents and there are other conversations on the groups that aren’t for children’s eyes or ears.
We have expressed time after time this is a surprise and that our children do not know.

The jumpers have been a nightmare amongst other things going backwards and forwards to suppliers etc.

I really really hope the person that has done this is ashamed of themselves and comes clean to the parents and apologises!

For me the excitement has gone and if this information had come out even a week ago no would have cancelled the whole thing.

The school haven’t taken on the stress of organising any of it and we stepped up if it wasn’t for us the kids would just be having that one last thing together at flip out and nothing else.

I’m sorry to rant but I hope you can all understand how hurt we are feeling.

💔💔💔

Parentzillas are a thing!

I think the OP is getting a hard time!!

The organiser should have went to the child’s parent who outed the surprise, instead they’ve cause drama by going group public with the OTT message and is TELLING everyone the surprise is ruined and that a formal apology need to be made by everyone.

The organiser is also putting the child at risk by outing her as word will spread to who the child is and also at risk of the event becoming a mud match.

The children’s themselves won’t give two pence, they will just want to be with friends for one last group gathering.

Dont feel bad for posting it OP, the message is OTT, some people need to look at their own actions before posting, more
than likely most parents in the group cannot wait to get rid of the drama Queen.

Think she's lying, if she really is in the group, how on earth would she know who OP is among all the participants, many of whom probably rolled their eyes silently at the message

For whose benefit is the party? This is just bonkers

Myself

Yes, the normal parents can provide a network of safehouses for the underage fugitive 🤣

🤣 The stress has unhinged her, bless. Surely with some rest and a bit of time to gain some perspective she will calm down.

The kids will have a great time, whether it is a surprise or not. For all, she knows there might be one child who needs something to look forward to.

I wouldn’t be able to resist writing ‘get a life, you bunch of freaks’.

How do they cope in a job if this stresses them out?

So funny though!😂 We only remind each other about non-uniform days in our Year 6 group (very grateful its like that!).

I'm inclined to agree with this. "I could tell you a few stories [about OP]". How would she know exactly who OP is from the group chat?

Also the organiser need to be made accountable for her own actions she frankly making the child to be a black sheep to her peers.

As an adult she should know better at least the poor child has multiple excuses.

Maybe IRL OP hasn't posted a sympathetic enough response to the organiser's woe-is-me WA and they've deduced her identity that way? Or OP has form for eye rolling? 😂 So much bloody drama though! The person the organiser should be cross with is the parent that gave their kid all the details down to the sizing of the hoodies, not the kid itself!

Reading back, this is probably the most bonkers bit of then lot...

They have even shared the sizes and colours to the children and that is sensitive information

How is that sensitive? Oh no, Child C has a sage green one, Child H has one in mulberry!

to be fair, I think it was just a joke in response to someone accusing her of being in the group.

Do not delete this bloody thread < popcorn >

I don't blame her for being disappointed, but her anger should be with the idiot parent who let their DC see the messages, not the child who behaved like a child and excitedly told other kids.

I agree. I don't think Tunbridge is in the group at all and just saying that to give op a scare.

Oh wow OP you're getting a roasting.

I think it's hilarious and would struggle to not respond telling her to get a grip

Ahhh, you could be right 😂I can see a possible sarcastic tone now you say it. Although she has kind of dug her heels in with her further comments.

I'm half expecting a MN takedown message saying the thread is full of sock puppet accounts.

Poor kid was probably just really excited.

Who cares about the 'surprise' element. What a load of twaddle. It's not that hard to organise a party for 60 kids either - 'months'?? 😆

😂

No, I don’t believe a word of it. 🤔

I think it’s someone trying out a crap plot for some poorly written self published piece of fiction.

We don’t have any Parents WhatsApp groups in our Primary school and the horrendous Leavers Hoodies are organised by the Parents Association.
Whoever thought that was a good idea needs shooting. What a ridiculous waste of money. You can’t even donate them to the charity shop afterwards. I cut DS’s up to use for dusters.

Plus the likelihood of anyone from the group (maximum 50 - 60 participants), out of millions of MNers, just happening to find this thread amongst the hundreds of others within a couple of hours is on about the same level as John Prescott being crowned Miss Teen USA.

Or with a 👍🏻

I’d love to see some of the responses OP. I can only imagine!

This is a bit of a leap of the imagination, but the only reason I can think of for 'sensitive information' would be if one of the children is overweight and needs a larger size hoodie, and is getting teased about it. (Not sure why hoodie colour would be sensitive in that case though!)