This is an automated archive.
The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/p19292 on 2024-01-22 16:35:23+00:00.
My (23M) daughter (6) (judge me all you want about my age, I know I was stupid) was invited by one of her friends to an all girls birthday event with the rest of her friends (7 other girls) next week. Naturally all of the moms are going for their daughters but the issue is that i'm a single parent.
When the birthday girl's mom dropped off the invitations she mentioned that I wouldn't need to come and that she and the other moms would take good care of my daughter. I told her that I wanted to be there for her as her parent and she simply gave me her number to discuss it later. When I had time to call her back I explained that I just wanted to be there just in case something happebed or if she'd need me but the mom stated again that she'd make sure my daughter would be alright. The first part of the birthday event would take place at our local mall where there is a bounce house type of place they will be playing at and then they'd eat there and go back to the birthday girl's house for the rest of the festivities.
I told the mom that I would at least want to be there for the mall portion of the day and drop her off at her house after as i'd imagine it would be hectic managing a large group of little girls in public even with their parents there. I also feel like each parent would naturally worry about their child first before worrying about mine. She told me to please consider it some more as it was an all girls event and did not explain further
WIBTA if I keep insisting to be there for at least the mall portion of the day?