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Traum · 05-10-2023, 08:53 PM

Small dilemma -- not sure how we can best handle it, so I'd appreciate any insights you may have.

Our kid received an invite to a birthday play place thing with one of his classmates. The invite was a little odd because the mom of the other kid mentioned that there will only be 3 - 4 kids going in total. We are honestly a little perplexed by the invite because my kid generally doesn't play with the birthday kid. They sit close to each other in class; they occasionally chat in class; they do classwork together if they get assigned to the same group. My kid plays with his two besties 99% of the time during recess and stuff. The birthday kid seems to generally play with his bestie(s) as well, and probably never plays with my kid. In fact, I don't think the birthday kid plays with my kids' besties either.

So that's the thing -- I feel awkward with the invite because I honestly wasn't expecting something like that. The play place will almost certainly cost money for the birthday mom -- she mentioned in the invite that it would be their treat, and that kind of makes me feel bad also. At the same time, if it was gonna be a small party, it would suck for the birthday kid to not have very many friends attend.

So I am in a bid of a bind here. We'd obviously need to RSVP, but I am not sure how we can best handle this.

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Traum RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC Posts: 8,380 Thanked 8,148 Times in 3,389 Posts Failed 262 Times in 148 Posts	Small dilemma -- not sure how we can best handle it, so I'd appreciate any insights you may have. Our kid received an invite to a birthday play place thing with one of his classmates. The invite was a little odd because the mom of the other kid mentioned that there will only be 3 - 4 kids going in total. We are honestly a little perplexed by the invite because my kid generally doesn't play with the birthday kid. They sit close to each other in class; they occasionally chat in class; they do classwork together if they get assigned to the same group. My kid plays with his two besties 99% of the time during recess and stuff. The birthday kid seems to generally play with his bestie(s) as well, and probably never plays with my kid. In fact, I don't think the birthday kid plays with my kids' besties either. So that's the thing -- I feel awkward with the invite because I honestly wasn't expecting something like that. The play place will almost certainly cost money for the birthday mom -- she mentioned in the invite that it would be their treat, and that kind of makes me feel bad also. At the same time, if it was gonna be a small party, it would suck for the birthday kid to not have very many friends attend. So I am in a bid of a bind here. We'd obviously need to RSVP, but I am not sure how we can best handle this.