Dad Excludes His Son's Disabled Best Friend From Attending His Birthday Party

"Invites have already been sent and it would be a hassle for everyone"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• June 11, 2023

Once a year - the only time you get to celebrate your birthday. So don't you think it deserves to be celebrated?

People commemorate their birth anniversaries on their birthdays. Birthdays are commemorated in many cultures with presents, parties, or other unique events.

Birthday celebrations are also a huge part of childhood. The lives of your children can be greatly impacted by a very tiny, intimate gathering.

Kids can establish links and spark friendships during social events like parties. Also, a youngster feels loved and important whenever their birthdays are celebrated, and that is what the OP planned to do for his son, who was turning eight years of age.

Meet u/CompleteJelly7368, the OP, whose son has a friend named Parker who is wheelchair-bound. They scheduled a birthday party for OP's son at the local trampoline park, and they spoke to Parker’s parents about this.

The thing is, they do not feel comfortable letting him attend due to his disability, so the OP's wife wants to cancel. She wanted to figure something else out that everyone could attend, but the invites had already been sent.

Also, it would be a hassle for everyone and potentially cause fewer kids to be able to attend. So the OP decided not to cancel the party, and he plans on taking his son regardless, but his wife is angry with him about this.

Read the entire story as you keep scrolling down.

The story kicks off but not without a title

OP's wife wants to cancel the whole party and figure something else out that everyone can attend

OP's son definitely still wants to go to the trampoline park and he decided not cancel the party

The Reddit post went viral with over a thousand comments in only a day of being posted. Here are some of the most upvoted replies

It sounds like the OP would like to go against his son's wishes

It's not the refusing to cancel but the booking itself is where the whole problem lies

It's always hurtful getting excluded, mostly from a dear friend or family

The OP's son just wants to protect the relationship he has with his friend

The OP could have prevented all this by discussing before sending out invites

The OP should have pointed that out to his son from the beginning

This redditor just wants to know whose idea it was to fix a trampoline party

The trampoline park isn't going anywhere and the OP's son can go there at anytime

Some redditors believe that the OP wants his son to have a lot of friends and not just ones with disabilities. Some say the OP set his wife up with the trampoline party but a moment later, his wife is turning his son against the idea.

Either way, the OP got the AH verdict, and you share this post to get other people's opinions as well.

Maryjane