30 people lie about attending 2 and 3-year-old's birthday party, their mom considers blocking the whole neighborhood: "I’d put all this hard work in and only 3 people showed up"

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 2, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Having kids means you want the world for them. What parent wants their kid to have bad days, to feel shame or sadness, to feel left out and uninvolved? Of course everyone wants their child to have a good life, be successful, have friends, find love, and be happy. When your kids are young, they're a lot more dependent on you. When it's their birthday, it's up to you to plan everything and make it special. 

I remember some really fun birthdays when I was younger. When I was turning 7-years-old, my parents planned a birthday party at a laser tag place, and we all ran around for hours. Or when I was turning 12, we went bowling at the local bowling rink, and afterwards went back to my place and we danced in the living room. 

In the story below, the protagonist has the best intentions with giving her children a birthday party to remember, but no one shows up. 

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    AITAH for wanting to block everyone who lied about coming to my daughter’s party?

    "I felt so bad for the kids who thought they were having a party" HARRY IRTHDAY
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    So I've got two little ones my oldest is 3 and my youngest turned 2 yesterday, and I decided to throw her a party, this was the
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  • This is such a sad story. It really gives insight into the times, and how passive people are. They can't even bother to tell this woman that they're not actually going to the birthday party. People are so avoidant these days to a fault. Just be candid and honest! 

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    first time I'd thrown a party for any of their birthdays as I was in hospital every time for the last 3. So I was really excited!
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    I chose a theme, put together a guest list of around 30 people and sent out the invitations. These were people I spoke to almost every day, people I went
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    out of my way to support no matter how trivial the issue was, plus I ALWAYS showed up for their functions even if it was far.
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    Out of the 30 that I invited, 26 RSVPd saying they would be attending, I ordered a cake and some cupcakes, did the decorations, and brought our
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    outfits. 2 weeks before the date I sent out a message double checking if everyone could still attend, they all said they would.
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    Did the same a week later so I could calculate food, drinks entertainment etc, again everyone confirmed they'd be coming.
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    I woke up yesterday early morning (the day of the party) excited, put up all the decorations the night before, set out the tables and everything! I saw 3 of
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    the 26 people had texted saying they couldn't make it (one says a fan fell on her leg and cut it up, the other said she didn't realise she finished work late, and
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    another said she forgot her uncles wedding was on the same day. I was a bit disappointed obviously but i did leave room for cancellation before hand as I'm
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    aware life happens and things escape from you sometimes (especially when you have kids). It gets to 2pm when the party started
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    timing I expected everyone to start coming in after 3 probably, the first person that came was a childhood friend of mine from secondary school, she had work at 5 so she stayed a couple hours
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    and left (I was so grateful). Then my aunty came (she shows up for us everytime regardless of the occasion) and then my best friend. I waited and waited for
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    others to come, it got to about 6 and I got a call from my friend saying she was at the train station and wouldn't be long (only to get a call saying she thought the
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    party was on Monday and she had to take her sister back home). Called everyone else who was meant to be there and no one was responding.
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    I felt so bad for the kids who thought they were having a party. (No other kids were in attendance) and I felt embarrassed that I'd put all this
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    hard work in and only 3 people showed up. I was in the bathroom crying towards the end as I'd put on a brave face for her but I just couldn't believe how everything
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    panned out. My daughter had a fun time with all the balloons and cake lol but I woke up still feeling and feeling like the whole
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    day was a flop. I feel like blocking everyone who lied about coming as the whole thing was disrespectful AITAH?
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    EDIT* 26 was the total guest list, every adult I invited had 1-3 children around my daughters age group, only 2 adults who were invited (minus my aunty
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    who wasn't formally invited as she's always part of everything) didn't have children, and they were the ones who showed up. Hope this makes more sense.
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    EasyPatience 1465 • 18h ago NTA. I wouldn't block them but, I wouldn't go out of my way to be there or do anything for any of them in the future.
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