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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are family friends. This is a pin the tail on the donkey party with neighbors. The younger child has spent countless hours over there and we are all friends. They do not go to school together. It's only moms because the hostess is a single mom. Otherwise dads would probably come, but the vibe over there is not that dad friendly. It's not laser tag. It's someone's house she is normally invited to and now she's being left out. My husband, who is very very low drama, is more annoyed than I am about this. [/quote]

None of this matters.

She is not invited and that is the family's prerogative.

You are being rude in trying to tell them how to do their (*their*) social event.[/quote]

Yeah, I guess. I thought we were closer friends than I think we are. I had just finished helping her get into a therapist I know for her daughter and we had been dealing with some fairly personal issues. It felt natural to just say both girls are free (she had called to ask about the date-like we are close enough that she wouldn't hold the party when we weren't available) and if you would invite them both, i would hang out during and bring some adult drinks. Oh well. I suppose I am the rude one. I will be with my younger child now instead of us all going. We all used to hang out there a lot until we moved one neighborhood away. I can't imagine paying a sitter or asking my husband to reschedule plans so we will play by the rules and just drop off the older one. [/quote]

I am a mom of 2 kids close in age with most of our friends who also have 2 kids 1-2 years apart here. You may be missing a dynamic that you are too blind to see because you think your daughter is an angel. Almost every sibling set we know fight.

I have 2 kids. Sure, it is a pain sometimes that younger child whines when he is not invited. I host tons of play dates. I only host 1 kid at a time, even if the sibling is my younger child's exact same age. In my experience, when I have one child over, there is peace and kids get along. When second or third friend get added, it also tends to be ok although I still prefer just hosting 1 child at a time. When I have twins or siblings dropped off, there is always some drama.

Host gets to dictate who they want to invite. PP mom pushing younger daughter seems really weird and a pain in the ass.[/quote]

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