Birthday parties no show

[MyUmberShark]

Daughter wanted to invite a few friends to celebrate her 6th birthday last weekend. She gave us a few names so we invited them, one of the girl which she claims is her best friend, this child's mum confirmed that they would come. They did not show up nor had the courtesy to inform us that they were not able to come on the day. We were a bit shocked and dissappointed with such behaviour considering that our daughter sometimes talks about her day ie: playing with this child at school. But I am just here to rant how I feel and wondering if other mum had the same experience, considering that you do bump into each other since school days are Mondays to Fridays. It just rather awkward moving forward. 😥 Am i bring unreasonable to expect a Whatsapp message to inform that they were not coming?

well im not sure if that would be a good idea because the parents are being distant recently..cant force someone to tell you something personal/private if they do not wish to tell you about it.

OMG😆

You need to get used to it. It's how things are today. People simpy don't care anymore.

Rude op. My kids older now but it used be 16 euro a head at parties/playcentres. Adds up. Did you whatsapp or invites in schoolbag. They should have replied

i would find out from my daughter tonight her friend's reason for not showing up. i try to avoid most parents these days by leaving the gate as soon as possible and walk a different route.

Just ask?
I did this and was mortified, missing child's best friend's birthday! My head was elsewhere and I forgot to check the calendar that morning. DC didn't mention anything either.

How many children came in the end then?

It’s really rude and I don’t think they should get away with it so I would say ‘what happened? You said you were coming and my child was disappointed.’
Just be straight, don’t make excuses for her.

School Mums can be weird but sometimes it’s just best to give a little smile and move on. There’s a Mum in my daughter’s class who has just straight up ignored 2 birthday invitations in a row. My daughter’s friends also have parties around the same time and her child attended those. The strange thing is, she will not leave me alone at parties, it’s like she’s stuck to me, she is quite a nervous person and I’m generally quite chatty. She remarks how sweet my daughter is and how much her child loves mine. Obviously I won’t invite for a third time next time, and I’d never mention it to her. Completely baffling though, but ultimately it’s not my concern.

I’d have to text her and ask why she didn’t show. I’d just say something like “X was expecting Y to turn up at the weekend, did something happen?”. She probably just forgot but that’s a poor excuse nowadays with google calendar.