Who is bu about child's party?

[Alwayssomethingtodo]

So two relatives have fallen out.

Relative 1 - Barbara, is holding a soft play party for her child's 6th birthday.

Relative 2 - Eric and Dorothy are Barbara's brother and sister in law. They have 2dc ages 5 years and a baby 8 months old.

Barbara has invited the 5 year old to the party. It's on a weeknight after school so she offered to pick the 5yo cousin up as Eric and Dorothy don't drive.

However Eric and Dorothy have got very upset that the baby wasn't invited to the party.

Barbara said that as the party is costing a lot per head and there are only 10 places, although the older cousin is invited there didn't seem much point inviting the baby as it will be all school friends and the baby likely wouldn't eat the food or make much use of the place. They are welcome to come along but the baby won't be 'in' the party.

Eric and Dorothy said that Barbara is out of order leaving one of their dc out and have told Barbara not to bother at all.

Wibu?

I thought perhaps they might want to keep
an eye on their child. If op is busy hosting, and the other children are slightly older and he doesn’t know them etc. things might get a bit boisterous and if he got hurt I’d want to attend and make sure he’s ok.

But if it’s really just about the baby then they sound a bit thick. Let them sulk. They’ll learn.

Eric and Dorothy are being ridiculous. Why take a place up for a baby, when it could be taken by a school friend? Absurd.

Barbara is right.
Are E and D a bit dense?

Perfectly timed family feud orchestrated by Dot before Christmas so she can have her own celebration with her little family. The whole family will be phased out by Dot and Eric will blindly follow until he's completely nc with his family. I've seen this happen so many times, it's predictable really.

Is your brother prone to being completely irrational or is he just a bit dim?
Where will it end? 13 yr old Pat demanding to go to cousins 18th in Ibiza?
Pair of dafties.