Debate erupts after mom asks family to pay for uninvited siblings at party

An intense debate has erupted after a disagreement over uninvited guests at a child’s birthday party left a mom $111 out of pocket.The woman turned to Reddit users for advice after she feared she had been the root cause of the blunder.The mom said she invited all of the boys in her son’s class to his upcoming celebration at Lazer Tag, but was surprised to receive a response from a parent asking if they could also bring two additional children.“I was extremely confused.I had invited boys, and I realised there must be boy/girl twins in the class,” she said.“After thinking about it, in [my] opinion there was no confusion on who was invited.

I hand wrote names on all the invitations.I’m immediately extremely uncomfortable.

This sort of thing gives me extreme anxiety.”The mom probably would have let it slide if the other parent wanted to bring the invited child’s twin, but including a third sibling seemed excessive.“We only do a birthday party every other year because it is insanely expensive,” she said.“The cost of the uninvited children is $74, sorry I’m not willing to pay that.I’ve allowed siblings at birthdays before but the cost was much less, and his class was smaller.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.The woman explained that she has also had to bring siblings to birthday parties when she had no one to watch them, but “made it clear upfront” that she would pay for any additional costs.In a text to the inquiring parent, the mom detailed her stance.“Hello! So happy XXXX can come! I apologise for the confusion, we had no idea there were twins in the class and we had just invited the boys.

We have a booking but I can call and add two more if you want to pay the additional cost of 74 (37×2),” she wrote.Despite trying to be “...