Aussie mum gobsmacked by 'savage' text after RSVPing to a five-year-old's birthday party: 'Cruel'
Nicole Sherwin, from Melbourne, shared her friend's dilemma of how her little boy had been looking forward to going to his classmate's party - only to be swiftly uninvited because the event had exceeded capacity.
'This little boy is devastated,' Nicole, a mum herself, said in a video.
'He thought he couldn't go anymore because he was naughty. Treating a five-year-old's birthday party like it's a Saturday night at Prince (nightclub) in 2007... KBing (knock back) people at the door.
'This is insane.'
Describing it as 'the most savage kids' party guest list management' she'd ever seen, she decided to share her friend's story to ask for advice on what to do.
'I have never heard of this happening before. But it just happened to my friend and she does not know where to go from here,' Nicole explained.
'Her five-year-old got invited to a birthday party. She RSVP's on time, "Thanks so much for the invite, we'd love to come see you Saturday".'
Nicole Sherwin, from Melbourne, shared her friend's dilemma of how her little boy had been looking forward to going to his classmate's party - only to be swiftly uninvited because the event had exceeded capacity.
Instead of receiving a confirmation after RSVPing to the party, the mum was lost for words when got an unexpected rejection text.
'She gets this reply... "Thanks for your RSVP. I'm so sorry but we've reached the limit for children attending the party",' Nicole said.
'What?! It turns out they invited the whole class so a bunch of five year olds got knocked back.
Mortified by the response, Nicole asked other parents what her friend should do next.
'She does not know where to go from here,' Nicole said.
Her original video has been viewed more than 80,000 times - with many taking particular issue with the dad for inviting more guests than he could accommodate.
'Why would you invite more children than you have space for? This is just cruel,' one suggested.
'Since when is it first in best dressed with RSVPs? This is absurd! I would be having an adult conversation with said parent and just letting them know the impact it has on a child because surely they haven't considered how a five-year-old would react to this,' one mum said.
'I invited far too many kids to my five-year-old party. You know what I did? Hired a bigger venue! There is no way I would uninvite anyone,' another revealed.
'Wow that's harsh,' one added.
'Wow that's actually not okay. If you invite everyone, you do not get to cap the amount of people who gets to come or not. I would be extremely mad to be honest,' another shared.
In a follow-up video, Nicole said her friend ended up not replying to the birthday child's dad.
'She decided she was not going to write back to the parent. It would be too awkward... she still has to see him around school,' she said.
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