Birthday invite mixup

[Anonymous]

So my daughter wants to invite just the girls in her class to her birthday party. I'm on a WhatsApp group with all the parents and I know most of the girls' parents but there's a few I don't know. I asked a friend to identify the parents of the girls I didn't know so I could send them an invite on WhatsApp and she sent me their names, but one parent just messaged me back and said "(son's name) will be happy to join!" So obviously I got the wrong contact. So, how do I respond to this mom? I think I just need to tell her I'm so sorry but there was a mixup and my daughter meant to invite just the girls to her birthday party? It's so awkward!! The alternative is letting her son come but then he'll clearly be the only boy there and it'll be weird that he was the only boy we invited... my daughter is not even friends with him. How do I word this?!

[Anonymous]

I'd just be honest about the whole thing. Not a big deal and the boy would probably rather not go under the circumstances!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd just be honest about the whole thing. Not a big deal and the boy would probably rather not go under the circumstances!

+1 I'm a boy mom and wouldn't be upset about this, and even more so if it wasn't a close friend of my kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd just be honest about the whole thing. Not a big deal and the boy would probably rather not go under the circumstances!

+1 I'm a boy mom and wouldn't be upset about this, and even more so if it wasn't a close friend of my kid

+1, I would find it funny and my son would forget about it in 5 seconds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd just be honest about the whole thing. Not a big deal and the boy would probably rather not go under the circumstances!

+1 I'm a boy mom and wouldn't be upset about this, and even more so if it wasn't a close friend of my kid

+2

[Anonymous]

Boy mom and I wouldn’t care! Just tell what happened.

It’s only hurtful if it was same gender and they were close friends and weren’t invited.

[Anonymous]

I use ChatGPT to help write messages about awkward things like this.

[Anonymous]

Either way. But also if he comes it most likely will not matter at all. My DD was friends with some boys in elementary school and would often be the only girl at parties. It didn't matter and she didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd just be honest about the whole thing. Not a big deal and the boy would probably rather not go under the circumstances!

He definitely doesn’t want to go! Be honest.

[Anonymous]

Agree with everyone else to be honest.

Having said that, my son was the only boy at the birthday party of a kinder girl. The mom was planning to invite only the girls, but her daughter insisted that my kid get invited because they’re friends. He had no problem being the only boy and had a blast!

[Anonymous]

Agree that its ok to be honest and its also ok if comes. My son has been the only boy at a few parties and it did not matter.

[Anonymous]

I'd invite 1-2 more boys and have him come. Uninviting him is cruel.

[Anonymous]

I’d explain what happened and say he’s welcome to attend if he wants to, but he’ll be the only boy. It could be that he hasn’t been invited to a birthday party all year and that is why she’s excited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd invite 1-2 more boys and have him come. Uninviting him is cruel.

This is what I'd do too.

[Anonymous]

What kind of party?

My friend once invited the wrong Jenny to my baby sprinkle. She was delighted to come and it was too awkward to uninvite her so she came to my very small baby sprinkle of my close friends.

Age also matters. If they are 6 or 7, I would just include. If 9 and up, I would message mom and uninvite.