Party invitation gone to wrong child! Advice please.

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My daughter in Class 2 is having a birthday party and as well as inviting her whole class she wanted to invite 2 children from Reception and 2 from Class 1. It's a small school and the children from other years mix together a lot especially at play time. Today she took the invitations to school and dropped 2 off at reception and took the other 2 into Class 1. The teacher asked who they were for as there are 2 girls with the sam name. My daughter gave her the correct surname of the girl ( I hadn't realised there were 2 girls in same class with same name or I would have put surname on) but it transpires that the teacher has given the invitation to the wrong child! My little girl is upset about this as she rarely plays with this girl. I've no idea who this girl is let alone know who her mum is. my daughter went back into school this teatime to tell the teacher what had happened and the teacher said that she ( my daughter) told her the other surname. Not sure how to resolve this as there's no room for an extra plus she isn't really a friend so shouldn't really be at the party. any ideas???

A bit of a bizarre thread really.

If you really can't fit in one extra child (and I don't understand how that can be the case when you have a) invited so many and b) you are still awaiting RSVPs) then don't invite the child your dd intended to invite.

Were you seriously thinking of withdrawing the invite?

OP said it's a small school - a school local to us has 35 kids in entire school. So I can easily see how a small party could fit a whole year group in.

I like your styleé reallytired! I agree

I'd be really sad for my DS if someone said "I actually meant the other Johnny" or what have you.

Definitely don't uninvite her. You'll just have to make room somehow! Like everyone has said, no chance everyone will come anyway.

If somebody said that to me after I'd lifted my jaw back up and rearranged my face back in to neutral, I'd pity them for their poor social skills and their total lack of self-awareness.

Unsurprisingly nobody's ever said that to me. Perhaps my children have been invited places in error but I've never known.

My child was once the child that the invitation was given to in error. my DD was quite new to the school and we were both excited that she had received an invitation. Then the mum rang me up and told me that it was meant for the other girl of the same first name. She seemed to think that it wasn't at all embarrassing or awkward, and said my child could come anyway. I wish she had never told me and I was furious with her for her rudeness.

In the end my DD went to the party (because I'd told her she was invited and she was looking forward to it) and had a lovely time but the way the mum handled it was shite.