Dd has just been invited to her first halloween party. She was initially thrilled and so excited. She is socially anxious and struggles to trust her peers after being bullied by a friend several years ago.
however, she’s beginning to have doubts about going. Firstly, she has been invited by her friend and it isn’t her party (she does know the girl who is hosting the party but isn’t close). She says her friends sounded like they really want her to go but earlier today her friends were planning their costumes and it sounded like they were going in a ‘paired’ costume. Dd now thinks they don’t want her to go.
I suggested that as they are best friends this is just their plan and not a reflection on her and perhaps to ask them what they’d suggest she wear. She is also worried about going to a party when she hasn’t been invited directly.
its a long, long time since I was going to parties like this but I presume that’s just how things are done- friends invite friends? Or is it a bit strange?
Any other advice to help my daughter realise that people do want to spend time with her?