A few weeks ago DS got invited to a party, his first invite in a year. He doesn't have any particularly close friends so once class parties stopped being a thing and birthday became about doing an activity with 5-6 friends he stopped getting invites. He was really excited about it, chose a gift, and was looking forward to it.
At school yesterday the boy told him he's not invited to the party. DS said he is and he can go if he wants to. No, the boy has said, he can't because it was never a real invitation in the first place. It was a joke invitation.
I've told DS we'll do something nice at the weekend instead of going to the stupid party but he's understandably gutted. No invites is one thing but this is just downright bloody cruel 