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[quote=Anonymous]OP I can see why a lot of these responses are hard to read.  I just re-read your post.  It sounds like your daughter really wants a sleepover party with her 6 close friends but she has now made a bunch of new friends which is a great part of starting high school.  So how does she have the party she wants but also include this evolving group?

I remember this happening with my daughter where her guest list started getting bigger in ms/hs.  Fortunately, her birthday was at the end of the year and she never liked doing sleepovers so it was easy to just have a bigger party.
I think your daughter needs to decide which is more important to her - having a sleepover or including everyone.  Either decision is completely fine.  But I think a split party won't work.  Not so much because it is cruel or mean.  Just weird for everyone.  She will not feel good about that in the end.

A couple other options to consider - if she goes with the larger group but it involves hanging out, binge watching movies until pretty late - that is basically the same as a sleepover - just everyone gets to sleep in a comfy bed at home.  Or consider a sleepover for the big group.  I don't know why but at least as far as sleepovers go - they get easier as the kids get older and seem to need less space/comfort[/quote]

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