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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  No children from my DD's homeroom class are being invited to the dinner.  A few from the grade at large, but none from the class.  We cannot afford, nor do I want, to take many, many girls out to dinner at a restaurant.  Most girls in the grade seem to be having sleepovers this year, but we have been clear with our DD that she is not having one this year.  BTDT.  I don't understand why everyone thinks I should have to fund an enormous birthday party for all the girls in the grade just to make this one girl happy, but I don't agree with that.   As my DD gets older, we are phasing out "birthday parties" for smaller celebrations, which is what she likes anyway.  [/quote]
OP, I totally agree with you. When my kids were younger, we invited the whole class. As they got into the elementary years, we invited all the boys (for my son) and all the girls (for my daughter). Now they are 14 and 10 and the parties are much smaller. Usually 3-4 close friends for a special activity or dinner out. I think the outrage is coming from parents of younger kids and yes, I feel at young ages, the parties should be inclusive as to not hurt feelings, but once they hit 9 or 10 there seems to be NO expectation that birthday parties are "invite the whole class" affairs. The mom calling you to ask for her child to be invited is just plain weird.[/quote]

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.[/quote]

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