teaandakitkat Wed 06-Sep-17 14:32:33

Ds wants to do an activity with 3 friends for his birthday then go to Pizza Express.



I texted round all the parents and got this reply from one of them.



"Dd would love to do the birthday activity but does not want to eat in Pizza Express. She deeply opposes large corporate chains and prefers to support locally owned eateries. Would you consider eating in xyz instead so that she doesn't feel excluded?"



This kid is 9.



Wtf? Sometimes something is so bizarre you're not quite sure how to respond.



I want to say "Sorry, birthday boy has asked to go to Pizza Express so that's what we are going to do. You can collect your dd before we go in if she won't join us".



AIBU? I'm not, am I?



Surely you either go to the party that's on offer or you don't? The host doesn't arrange the party to suit individual guests?