"No siblings this time sadly"... on a kids party invite is that ever ok!?

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Is this ever ok NOT to invite siblings to kids party??

I think not ok!!!?

Of course it's okay to not invite siblings. My LO is having a build a bear party, couldn't afford to pay for alll the siblings too 🤪

Definately ok.

They obviously can only have limited numbers due to space/budget etc. It's perfectly fine to have just the birthday child's friends. No need to invite their siblings too.

Thank you - i agree :) just playing devil's advocate as had a difference in opinion thrown my way

It's fine. I wouldn't mind. In fact both my children have only ever been invited, to the same party twice!

Eh? Of course it's fine. Or do I need to pay triple the cost for a bunch of kids DC don't even know and won't play with to come?

The only times I've asked if I could bring DD2 to a party DD1 has been invited to are to big hall parties where I know the mum well and know they have siblings/cousins etc who are coming, and if the answer is no that's fine, of course,

So OP is “that” parent that drops of her 5 kids at the door and leaves before the parent of the birthday child can say anything.

some party places have a maximum number you can invite so inviting siblings just possible.

Of course it is OK. I always wanted my dc t socialise and form a bond with their nursery mates and class mates. without being pulled away by the siblings. I never once invited siblings (unless they were also class mates).

Of course it’s fine. Nobody should be there except the invited child.

It's always ok not to include siblings

You can NOT be serious. I notice you didn't put a poll. Probably because you know it would have shown 99% YABU! Of course you don't have to invite siblings - unless they are the birthday child's friend too. Which is unlikely in most cases.

Of course it's OK! What's not OK is assuming that a party invite to DC1 is the same as an offer for free childminding services, food and entertainment for your entire brood! A single parent with more than one DC and where the invitee DC is not old enough to be left without their parent there at the party might be reasonable to ask, but should be clear that they will be feeding and entertaining the other child themselves and not expecting them to join in with the party. In some kinds of party even that isn't feasible.

Well, you could have asked this like a normal person instead of writing a click bait-y post. Very immature.

It is always absolutely fine not to invite siblings!

We have never invited siblings along to a party. I don't know anyone who does this actually.

I have known parents who will not allow one child to come without the other sibling - ' they come as a pair or not at all'. Really sad for the children as it must have reduced the number of invites they received.

It’s fine to invite whomever you want to your own event. However, I am really grateful that when mine were small pretty much every party was siblings too. DH worked abroad (had to live abroad for work for a while) and with no family anywhere near, and the only other people who I would have had look after DDs were probably going to be at the same party, we would never have been able to go to any of the parties that weren’t.

It's totally fine.

As an aside, the use of "sadly" invokes the image of someone with eyes brimming with tears and a wobbly bottom lip and it ENRAGES me.

Now you're just gonna get 15 pages of people telling you you're awful because they haven't read your update.

It's not ok that it has to be said. People should have the decent manners to realise that the people invited are the people named on the invite. Doesn't matter if it's a kid's birthday party or an invite to Buckingham Palace. The only exception is a parent staying with a young child.

If there are exceptional circumstances where you really need to bring another child, e.g. you have a 2 month old baby and there is no one else to bring the older child to the party, then I think it's ok to ask. It is not ok to ask to bring another child older than a babe in arms. It jut puts normal people in an awkward position to have to refuse such CF.

Reverses are so tedious.

Of course ok to not invite siblings. I never did. Why would you invite other random children?

I think the fact that it needs to be written on an invite or spoken about - shows the CF out there that think one invite for one child mens the siblings also attend

Well my children have four siblings, do you think I rock up with all five to birthday parties? Ridiculous! The invite is addressed to one child.

Ugh, reverses. Why not just post what actually happened.