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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.

💔💔💔

Dramatic much?! How very heartbreaking! It's a party fffs! Not like it's not still going to happen!

'SLATTERN'.

What is the definition of carrying ‘lions share of work’ from reception to year 6?

Organising OTT things like this or are there other things?

Genuinely asking as I was planning to drop my child at school, pick them up and focus on homework and the occasional birthday party?

OTT but who gives their child access to a parents whatsapp group??

I hope someone from the BBC is reading all this. It would make a cracking Motherland special.

Did we ever find out what the surprise was?

Quercus30 that needs to happen! I'd be peeing myself at that episode!

I don’t condone threatening to name and shame the child responsible but I have sympathy with the lack of understanding about how much effort goes into organising these things.
Unless you’ve done the risk assessment, got insurance, looked for venues, worked out what to order, researched competitive suppliers, DJ’s, estimated quantities, food, drink, understood timescales, costs, expenses, dates, times etc etc you don’t really understand the time involved in organising even a small event of this nature and it is usually the same people who volunteer and the same that don’t (at least in my experience).
I don’t think it was realistic to expect it to stay a surprise but I can understand why the organiser is heartbroken disappointed.

I have some very upsetting and heartbreaking news to share with you

Those are exactly the words my son’s head teacher used a couple of weeks ago to inform parents of something that was actually heartbreaking, so perhaps I’m not going to sound very forgiving. Her bruised ego and martyrdom are not very upsetting or heartbreaking and she needs to get a grip. It’s the sort of children related thing that is very hard to conceal anyway. Disappointing - yes, surprising - no, shades of Motherland - yes, heartbreaking - definitely not.

Unhinged people like that should not be allowed to organise children’s event.

How is she being humiliated publicly? Nobody on this thread know who she is, except for those on the WhatsApp group, who already saw her message and presumably already rolled their eyes or not.

It’s ok the dog has come back in now and it’s still pissing down 😂Have promised offending dog I will try not to laugh too loudly again 😊

I have been told that a lot of the WhatsApp group are on the thread. They were trying to out me (a lot of activity around school run time).
The party should be interesting tomorrow.

Upset & Heartbroken being publicly slapped around the face with a wet herring amidst gales of laughter will hopefully induce some self reflection and personal growth, thus saving:

Her own child(ren) from another decade with such a parent;
Society at large from the lifelong dramatics of U&H and her precious spawn;
The gods from smiting her with something real to be heartbroken about.

This is Mumsnet public service at its finest.

how do they know it’s you

Is it chandlers ford @op

Because OP is often a wide eyed stirrer

Pretend you're in The Traitors.

Well at least you don't have to see any of them again 🤣. How can they out you anyway, just deny all knowledge, "no idea what you are no about"?! Do come feedback on how the party goes, I'm invested.

Do you think @PollyAmour s view would only be shared by the organiser?

If course shes not involved, that's a totally mainstream thing to think

Dear God. No one will be able to identify the OP and the organiser acted like a complete arse threatening to "out" the child. That is seriously unhinged behaviour for an adult and is far more worrying than someone posting a WhatsApp message verbatim anonymously on a public forum.

May well be but that WhatsApp message was still batshit

So many people at this party will be outed and named and shamed it's going to be like Squid Games.

https://www.tiktok.com/@franlogie/video/6970396541496380677?lang=en

Brilliant! 😂They will see what absolute idiots they are for making a song and dance out of an end of term party. Lesson for Secondary School - never join the year Whats App group (although hopefully they dont have them at Secondary do they???).