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Originally Posted by Traum
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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Do you think the mom is the one who picked which kid to invite or do you think the kid asked for your kid? If the latter then definitely go.
And is your kid the type that gets along with everyone so he'd play with this kid if that's what was around him? If yes then go.
If the mom picked AND your kid doesn't play well with non-besties then I'd probably politely decline - send a gift but claim a pre-existing event.
I don't recall how old your kid is but what does he think?