A MUM was left fuming when she was told that a party her son had been invited to was cancelled – only to find that it wasn’t.
Sarah explained that her son was invited to a friend’s birthday, so she texted the parents and accepted on his behalf.
Mum Sarah was left fuming when she discovered a party she’d been told had been cancelled went ahead – without her son[/caption]
Her son was left “really upset” that he wasn’t able to attend the party, and Sarah slammed the mother for her “disgusting behaviour”[/caption]
However, because she’s “crap at texting people”, she only got round to RSVP-ing a “couple of weeks later”.
And when she finally messaged, the mum of the birthday boy responded to say that the party had actually been cancelled.
She then found out that the celebration had gone ahead, after her son received a whole load of text messages from his friends asking why he wasn’t there.
“Why invite my child to a party if you’re gonna pretend it’s not on anymore?” Sarah raged.
She concluded by saying that her son had been left “really upset” by the situation, which she labelled “disgusting behaviour”.
“Honestly cannot believe I’ve even had to make this video,” she wrote in the caption of a clip explaining the situation on TikTok.
And while there were those who agreed with Sarah’s anger, the majority of people hit back insisting she was in the wrong because of her late RSVP.
“To be honest this is on you,” one wrote.
“It’s infuriating that parents do not respond for weeks.
“I had someone turn up at my sons party the RSVPed no which was absolutely fine.
“I had enough also had three people turn up that never even bothered to answer the invitation, which is quite rude.
“Parties cost a lot of money it takes two seconds to reply. Yes you’re coming or no I can’t come.”
“Should have replied earlier,” another agreed.
“It’s so annoying when parents don’t text back for numbers and parents have to pay according to numbers – they probably meant your invite was cancelled because you didn’t reply.”
“There’s nothing more frustrating than not getting responses back from invites,” a third sighed.
“As a parent who spent between £500-£1000 per party for my children when they were younger, it was a total bugbear of mine when parents didn’t reply timely.
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“Granted, she should have been honest and just said the numbers had been confirmed and it was too late.
“However it’s just courtesy from your side to reply sooner rather than later.”
“You replied weeks late,” someone else pointed out.
“Maybe they felt bad saying they can no longer come so just said it’s cancelled?”
“This is completely on you,” another agreed.
“She should have been honest with you but him being excluded is your fault.”
There were also those that agreed with Sarah that the mum had behaved terribly in saying the party had been cancelled.
“That’s absolutely horrible!!! I’m so sorry!” one wrote.
“I would have confronted the mother, that;s not okay – poor children,” another said.
As a third admitted: “I would have had to text the mum and ask why she lied, I wouldn’t be able to help myself!”
To which Sarah replied: “I did… she didn’t respond!”
“There is right and wrong on both sides,” someone else said, diplomatically.
“You should have replied sooner and she should have been honest.”
