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[quote=Anonymous]My friend and I became friends and bonded over our kids being similarly aged.  The kids are a huge, though not only, focus of our conversations.  The kids get along ok but are not best friends and are not in the same schools.  I think her child has fewer friends and likes my child more than the other way around, but as I said, they get along fine when they are together.  We've each always invited the other family to birthday parties.  We've always had larger parties where it's not a big deal to invite a few more, but this year my kid wants to forego a traditional party and just do a small event with a couple of his closest buds.  Normally I think if someone is not invited to something there is no need to mention it, but not sure here because my friend has gotten an invitation every year for over a decade now and vice versa.

Personally, I would be thrilled to not get an invite to yet another birthday party, but she's kind of sensitive and has anxiety and esteem issues (she knows this; she's working on it).  She can be the sort of person who, if you don't text her back quickly, would think she must not be important to you, rather than you are just busy right then.  I could see her (perhaps) taking it personally as an exclusion.  Do I mention it?  [/quote]

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