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Sky News AU
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
'This is insane': Aussie mum mortified by response she received from a parent after son's RSVP to 5th birthday party - and how she got her revenge
An Aussie mum has been left mortified by the response she received from a parent after she sent off her son's RSVP to their child's 5th birthday party. Nicole Sherwin took to TikTok this week to share how her friend responded to the party invitation on time via text, only for the parent of the birthday child to curtly respond, saying there were already too many other kids attending. The woman said her friend's son was "left devastated" over being uninvited to the celebration and thought it was because he was naughty. "This is insane. I've never heard of this happening before," Nicole, who is a fellow mum from Melbourne, said in a video. "But it just happened to my friend, and she does not know where to go from here. "Her five-year-old got invited to a birthday party. She RSVPs on time: 'Thanks so much for the invite we'd love to come. See you Saturday'. "Then 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 it turned out the parent invited the whole class of kids, but a bunch of other five-year-olds also missed out, along with her friend's son. She described it as "the most savage kids' party guest list management". "Treating a five-year-old's birthday party like it's Saturday night at Prince (nightclub) in 2007. [Turning away] people at the door. Insane," Nicole said. "So, what's her next move? What does she do from here?" Viewers took the comments section with their advice on how the mother should best respond, with one person advising her not to "sugarcoat it". "I would go back and say, 'For next time, FYI, it's incredibly rude to invite more people than you can accommodate'," they said. "'Especially kids who are now disappointed and confused about why they can't go'. Don't sugarcoat it. Explain why it's rude AF." Another person suggested the mother should organise a separate gathering with the other children who were uninvited. A third person took a more direct approach, suggesting she should trick the other parent into believing she had already bought a present. "I'd straight up reply, 'not a problem; please ask xyz's teacher as I've handed the present and card we purchased for said child to them'. "Then, when they ask the teacher, the teacher looks at them like, wtf? Because there was no present, humiliation will get them. Many other people questioned why the whole class was invited when the number of children in it exceeded the capacity the parents had set. "Since when is it first in best dressed with RSVPs?" a baffled viewer said. "This is absurd! I would be having an adult conversation with said parents and just letting them know the impact it has on said child because surely they haven't considered how a 5yo would react to this." "I invited far too many kids to my 5YO's party. You know what I did? Hired a bigger venue! There's no way I would uninvite anyone," another person said. Nicole in a separate video said the mother in the end didn't respond to the parent who sent the text, which they discovered came from the child's father, because it would be too "awkward" having to see him at school. She said the dad "has a reputation among all the other parents" for being a real d*ck, him yelling at teachers in front of everyone." The mother eventually sought her form of "revenge" by signing the father up for mailing lists, which resulted in him getting spammed.
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Aussie mum gobsmacked by 'savage' text after RSVPing to a five-year-old's birthday party: 'Cruel'
A mum was gobsmacked by a 'savage' text she received after RSVPing her son to attend his friend's fifth birthday party. 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.
