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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yesterday at pickup, my DD saw her best friend (and I'm also close friends with the mom) leaving with two other girls, and one of the girls' mothers.
My DD went up to her friend and said, "Can you come over and play?"
Her best friend said, "No, sorry, I'm going to Larla's house." 
Larla's mom was standing right there and could have also offered to have my DD join the playdate. Instead, she just made a comment to my DD, ("What a cute shirt! Ready for soccer season?"), collected the three girls, and my DD was left standing with me. She then broke down in tears.

Meanwhile, the mom hosting the playdate has recently become close with my friend. I'm feeling like both my DD and I are somehow trying to be edged out by this mom. I'm considering texting her just to say how hurt my DD was that she couldn't have been included in the play date. How hard would it have been for the host mom to extend the invite to one more kid? Instead my kid got rejected in front of three kids. Wondering how to phrase it and what to say[/quote]
Let’s break this down. Your dd approached her closest friend, who was with 2 other little girls, and only invited that one friend to come over to play. She didn’t invite all of them. She was seeking to peel her closest friend off from that group.

You are upset that your dd wasn’t invited on the spot to a prearranged play date between the other children, and you suspect that the mom hosting the play date is trying to edge you and your dd out of your friendships with your dd’s bff and her mother.

Do you lack the self awareness to see that your own kid did the things you’re accusing the playdate date host of doing?

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