My DS is 19, from 15-18 he was seeing a girl, high school sweethearts all that. They broke up while on holiday together, he had kissed another girl before the holiday, felt guilty and told her while they were in Greece (not his smartest moves really), they finished the holiday but broke up when they got back, they were going to unis at opposite ends of the country anyways.
The girls mum and I have known each other for 25 years, she is now the headteacher of the same school I work in, we car share to get to work, they live around the corner from us.
Today was the first day of the school holidays for us, I had bought a birthday present for DS's ex (she collects a specific book in various editions, seen a rare one while on holiday in easter, thought of her and picked it up, was just going to pass it to her mum one morning but totally forgot until I found it wrapped and hidden under a pile of papers in the dinning room), my daughter also spent the day baking so I was going to send her round with some of the goodies as there were far too many for just our family,
When I messaged her mum, she said she would send her DD round to save my 11 year old carrying so much, she also offered us some of her DDs old books for my 14 and 11 year olds. I had mentioned my son would be out all day so didn't see an issue. She then said DD's new boyfriend was going to go with her to help her carry the books and anything back, wasn't expecting her to come in and my son was out so no issue I thought.
When they arrived my two girls bombarded her with questions, my 11 year old wanted to do a tasting session of the baked goods, and it started spitting of rain, so I invited her and her new boyfriend in for a cuppa, expecting maybe 30 min max, DS was out etc.
Well my 11 year old loves her, she was a big part of her life from 7-10, she just finished primary herself so wanted to show off her stuff and the taster went on for far too long!! My 14 year old was fascinated by what her new boyfriend is studying at uni so he was getting interviewed on that, the hours just slipped away, and my son ended up coming home to his ex in the dinning room, with her new boyfriend being fed cakes by his sister ... eek!!
They were pleasant to each other, spoke a little about uni, mutual friends etc. The new boyfriend looked beyond uncomfortable, but after 20 minutes or so, they left.
My son burst out in tears (never actually seen him cry so much before) told me I shouldn't have invited them in, now won't come down for dinner and is calling me the worst!!
If I'd known they'd be in so long, or he'd come home while they were I wouldn't have invited them in.
I don't think my son has moved on from his ex but he doesn't talk to me about feelings or girls, so hard to know!!
Was I being unreasonable to invite them in or was it just bad luck?