Mama Geek Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We had a playdate today at an indoor playground. There were 3 moms and 3 girls all 2- 2 1/2 years old. Someone whom none of us knew had a girl that is about to turn 1. She was apparently a babysitter. She asked each of us if we could come to the same place Monday afternoon for the girls birthday. The mother had asked to her invite the kids she played with today. Now it is a 45 minute drive which I am willing to do for a playdate and the traffic coming back at that time would be horrendous, plus I meet with a personal trainer on Monday nights and would have had to cancel. I told the lady that I had an appointment and that it wasn't a good time. She told me to get my sitter to bring dd. I did tell her that I don't have a sitter and she did drop it. I thought it was strange that a mother would convince a babysitter to invite a bunch of kids to a birthday party that neither of them knew and then that the sitter was so pushy about it. It is just weird, what has happened to manners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That is strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That is strange. While it isn't totally horrid manners, it isn't the height of propriety either. I would just chalk it up to it taking all kinds to make the world go round and not give it more thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well it's possible the Mom suddenly realized she had no one to invite to her daughter's first birthday and freaked because she lives in a world where her child will be scarred and in therapy if they don't give her over the top birthday parties, especially the first. She has a nanny, so she's probably working, and in her work world, that is what she believes is expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Really strange, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 It has a whiff of desperation about it, and would have made me want to run, very fast, in the opposite direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Very strange and I wouldn't go. Why woud you need "friends" at a party for a one year old?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 It has a whiff of desperation about it, and would have made me want to run, very fast, in the opposite direction. That is what I thought too. If it had been someone that we had all been sitting around talking with and we clicked it would have been one thing, or if it had just been an invite without the pushiness about not making it, it just sent up red flags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialClassical Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I wonder if the mom assumed the sitter and daughter were playing with the same kids every week. Maybe at a class or playtime the sitter was supposed to be taking the child to? Perhaps she felt her job was on the line because she had not been "properly socializing" the child. Regardless, it was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrseshaw Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Weird. I nannied for a 4th grade boy while in college and the parents had asked me to schedule playdates for the child. The child was a loner, watched tv, video games only. Tried and tried to get kids to come over and play with him...stalked parents at school pick up even offered to pick up/drop off both ways for the playmate. Could not get anyone to come over and play with him! Parents of the child made me feel like I was somehow dropping the ball because their child had no friends. The child didnt seem bothered that he didn't have friends, in fact he liked being a loner and doing what he wanted to do on his own account. I felt so bad for the child because it was almost as if his parents didn't know him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I wonder if the mom assumed the sitter and daughter were playing with the same kids every week. Maybe at a class or playtime the sitter was supposed to be taking the child to? Perhaps she felt her job was on the line because she had not been "properly socializing" the child. Regardless, it was weird. Yeah...this is what I started to wonder and came back to say something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Weird. We've always done family-only parties for first birthdays, anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Weird. I would also just chalk it up to "it takes all kinds..." and leave it at that. I definitely wouldn't make the effort to attend the party, either. What do you put on the card - "Happy Birthday Random PlayPlace Child"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Very weird. I don't think I would have known what to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Bizarre. A 1 year olds party is for the adults anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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