When your child has a birthday party to attend, do you normally plan to go and stay with them or drop them off and pick them up when it's over? One mother took to TikTok to defend her reasoning for not staying with her child, and it's sparked a debate across the internet.
JB, going by TikTok username @jaii.bee, posted a video titled "Hard pass," as she prepared to back up her stance. "I made someone really mad when I said that 'I don't wanna stay at your [expletive] kid's birthday party," she started on a solid note.
"I'm not going to take it back, because I don't," she continued, adding that it's because she doesn't want to stay and she won't stay. She shared that she has three kids. "Your kid having a birthday party is a major inconvenience to me the second that [her kids] walk in that door." She went on to list some of those inconveniences: having to RSVP, buy gifts, arrange to take her kid to the party, and then being a "volunteer" if she decides to stay at the party.
“Then you have some of you who are like, ‘I’m not trying to watch X amount of kids, I have a party to plan.’ That’s a party, babes," she said. "You are inviting a bunch of kids to run around … that you are going to watch because that’s a benefit for you, for yours, for your child to have a good time. I don't need to be miserable watching my kid have a good time. I don't need to make small talk with a group of parents."
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People in the comments were divided on their opinions.
One mom commented: "I preferred when the moms would leave! I don’t want to have to entertain the kids AND the parents! Just leave me the kids ."
"Thank you for speaking up for 95% of the moms," another mom wrote. "The other 5% have been controlling the narrative and making our lives miserable."
Other moms didn't agree with JB's approach.
"With too many kids around things can happen," one mom said. "I don’t like going to birthday parties but I’d rather make my kid happy for 2-4 hours than not."
Another one commented, "You can just ignore the invitation and avoid parties all together ♀️first world problems huh."
