DS2 started at a new school recently and I was pleased when he made a new friend quite quickly. We invited the boy for tea, then my son went to his house, and the other child was due to come to ours today. I bumped into his mum yesterday and checked that it was still on and she said yes. DS was really looking forward to it, but when we went into school this morning we met the other boy's mum in the corridor and she said "oh, x has changed his mind, he doesn't want to come to tea". She went on to say that he wanted to play with some other children instead. There was no hint of an apology, or any acknowledgement that my son might be upset by this; DS is only 6 and of course burst into tears as soon as the other mum had walked away. Obviously if the child really didn't want to come you can't force the issue, but I know that I don't let my kids change their minds if they have committed themselves to something if "something better comes up". I explained long ago that you don't hurt people's feelings. Personally I think it's just a case of good manners, am I being unreasonable?