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.

💔💔💔

I’d reply saying that you yourself have checked Amazon Prime and they have really good deals on pitchforks, buckets of tar and bags of feathers, so if the child in question doesn’t repent and confess, yourself will be happy to arrange a mob on herself’s behalf to dish out some vigilante style justice 🙄

😂

The woman has fair reason to be upset and has expressed that to a closed group of people concerned. Now you have posted her message word for word on here.

I feel sorry for her and if the child in question gets spoken to about by other children then the parent is to blame and they can always keep their child home for a week. They have knowing applied something special for other people and there should be a negative consequence to that.

Juliet Stephenson in full Truly, Madly, Deeply tears-and-snot mode.

Heartbroken dear god. Thank goodness my kids are adults I would have to tell her to grow up.

Is there a counselling hotline I can call? I'm traumatised by the OP.

oh dear

Or Lucy Punch? (Amanda from Motherland- this is all very her)

Devastating, the instagramable moment of the children being surprised has been ruined.

I hope someone speaks up about the ridiculousness of the organisers reaction.

@FloweryName I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not!

@FloweryName the child should stay home for the week? 😂

Completely understandable. No one would have guessed in a million years that someone might have organised a DJ of all things! and (gasp!) hoodies!!! In the right sizes too! for year 6 leavers without this rat in the kitchen, traitor in the ranks.
The only comfort here is it looks like the names of the leavers being printed on the hoodies might not have got out yet?!? Everthing crossed its not ALL ruined and that will still be a surprise on the day.

I’ve never watched Motherland, now I think I should.

How has the hard work been wasted if the party is still going ahead? What an absolute tool. Someone needs to get a hobby or get laid or something, being this emotionally invested in a party for a bunch of 11 year olds is beyond tragic.

As long as it wasn’t my child who’d done the leaking, I’d be absolutely living for this drama! Too funny.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
silly women with FAR too much time on their hands.

The only response acceptable here would be a thumbs up

But if she finds out her message is on MN you might need to go into witness protection, OP.

It’s on Netflix and is amazing. One of my very favourites.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

For whose benefit is the party? This is just bonkers.

This- anticipation is part of the fun. There also might be children who don't like surprises and are pleased the information has been leaked so they know what to expect. As PP have said- all about them, not the kids. (Also- keep us updated OP 😆)

I knew she’d be a “myself” type

They're really confusing the surprise getting out with the entire party being cancelled, haven't they. Now the kids get to enjoy looking forward to it as well as having fun on the day. Bonus!

This is the second thread I want to send to Classics this week.😂

I hope you have made this up, cos that is bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.

How do you have a surprise party for kids that age anyway? The parents would have to tell them where they were going on the way over?