A bit lighthearted, I’m certainly not losing sleep over this, but it’s got me thinking. My daughter’s 12th birthday is coming up and she’s doing an activity with six friends, which we organised about three or four weeks ago. For context she has lots of friends wider than the six invited but honed her list to her favourite people.
Since then, one of the girls has completely stopped talking to the group. An old friend of hers has started at the school and she’s pretty much dropped everyone else in favour of focusing on this one girl. It’s now at the point where my daughter doesn’t speak to her anymore they sit in form together and don’t speak. My daughter is a bit sad about it, and tried to reach out to no avail, she has a wide group of friends so she’s coping fine and I’m not concerned.
My question is whether she should still come to the party. I’m not sure the girls mum is even aware of what’s been going on and honestly think she’d be a bit horrified as confided in me she was worried the old friend starting the school would be an issue. I can’t rescind the invitation now, but I also don’t want to create an uncomfortable situation for my daughter on her birthday.