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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people are so up in arms that someone allowed their child to invite just 5 people to her birthday party.  Just because this other girl had a party that same weekend doesn't mean the OP had to change their plans.  She had a 5 person party.  What's the big deal? Are people not allowed to have small parties anymore?  And if you opt for a small party, but someone else didn't, that means you can't go to that party?  That doesn't make sense to me.[/quote]

Please read the thread. This is NOT about small parties (I think small parties are great, personally). This is about defending your 7 year old DD's decision to exclude a girl from her birthday party, even as the DD attended other girl's birthday party that very same weekend. [/quote]

I did read the thread.  And it does seem like people are more concerned that the invitation wasn't reciprocated.  That because she got to go to the other girl's party, that other girl should have been able to go to hers.  I don't think that's necessarily true.  People decide what size parties they want to have.  She had her 5 person party.  The other girl had a larger party.  What in god's name is the problem?  This is like saying, "You invited me to your wedding.  I chose to attend that wedding.  Now, even though I'm having a family-only wedding, I have to invite you to my wedding because I went to yours."  No sense.[/quote]

1) The birthdays were the same weekend, which does make a difference. 
2) The girls are in the same class at school, which means that the girls are going to talk at school about the party/ies. 
3) 7 year old's reason for not inviting the other girl was that the other girl had a "potty" mouth; but apparently the "potty" mouth wasn't so dirty that it stopped the DD from attending her birthday anyway. 
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