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There is a difference between not inviting and excluding. When you only invite 3 or 4 kids, the other 12 or 23 are not excluded, they just are not invited. When you invite 12 or 23, and leave out 3 or 4, those 3 or 4 are excluded.[/quote]

+1.

Once again, we show how out of touch DCUM is with reality.  We have the standard DCUM families who average $300K HHI who can't seem to make ends meet, but can afford to invite 30 10 year olds to a nice restaurant for dinner.  Please go back and read.  The daughter was limited to 5 guests.  She's 10 years old, not 6.  All of you who think that she has the same students in all of her classes, probably have first grade students, not 5th grade students.  She probably sees most of the kids in her grade in various classes and she was supposed to invite 5.  So, it's a very select few and nowhere near "all the students in her class."

OP--you did absolutely nothing  wrong other than to post on DCUM for opinions.  It is completely normal to limit your child to a small group like the 5 you chose and be firm on the guest list.  The other mother was completely wrong, rude and childish to even broach the topic, especially with the misinformation that she presented to you when she called.  You should definitely NOT invite this new girl.  Otherwise, you're telling your daughter that she could only invite 5 of her friends, make her choose between close friends and exclude some friends that she is close to and then invite someone she is not close to.  You can believe that the other girls will talk and the feelings of friends who your daughter is close to will now feel even worse because they were excluded, but this girl that your daughter is not close to was invited.  The best answer would have been "I'm sorry, but you seem to have been misinformed about the arrangements for my daughter's birthday.  Unfortunately, we've restricted her to only a certain small number of guests and we won't be able to accommodate any more guests.  I'm sure she'll see your daughter at school."[/quote]

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