My 13yo niece was crushed and publicly humilated

How sad for your DNiece, OP!! This is so wrong on so many levels. I cannot believe that this family was not aware of the list of invites, sent them out and then decided to YELL at a few who came to the affair because they did not like them. Horrid. :mad:

I sure hope your DNiece can get beyond this, as embarassing as it was for her it must have been just as embarassing for her friend to have relatives that ACT this way esp towards a child (that was sent an invite). :sad2:
 
Yes, I do agree that I probably wouldn't have sent a letter, I would have gone over to the house and confronted the family in person to talk about it. There is a way to do everything, and if the girl didn't want your niece there, then they should have taken her aside quietly and told her, they didn't have to embarass her! although, I have never heard of someone inviting someone to a function, then telling them to leave. If I had wanted to do that at a party of mine, my mother probably would have embarrassed me in the middle of my party. The party girl's parents should have told her to suck it up and deal with it, you invited her, you let her come. She could have just ignored her, she didn't have to even talk to her, but to embarrass her in from of everyone, that's just unacceptable. If for some reason, your niece and the party girl had some sort of falling out, don't you think your niece would have not wanted to go? It seems to me that she was totally blindsided by all this and it was just some sort of sick joke, which really makes me ashamed to be a human right now.

I still would have went inside an made an even bigger scene. I would have found out what the issue was. It's possible the mother and father didn't know, and only crazy grandmom felt the need to back up her grandaugther, I wonder if the parents knew and hopefully would have been horrified by both of their actions. If they all knew about it, I would have embarrassed them letting them know just what type of low life's the WHOLE family is, I am sure they would have been embarrassed in front of their friends, I don't know too many people that would approve of something like that. I would have turned it around on them. The spoiled party girl would have been the one to be embarrassed to go to school the next day. It's a shame how most victims of bullying are the ones who are shamed, as opposed to the bulliers. They are the ones that should be ashamed!
 
How horrible for your poor niece. I don't get that some people find this hard to believe:sad2: I remember being 13 and could see some of the "mean girls" doing something like this 25 years ago so I definitely think it could happen in todays day and age. I have a 12 year old dd and I have heard of girls inviting a girl to a 'party' that wasn't really happening so the poor girl shows up and finds that no party is going on. Kids can be mean and they can also grow up to be mean adults(Granny)
 
How sad for your DNiece, OP!! This is so wrong on so many levels. I cannot believe that this family was not aware of the list of invites, sent them out and then decided to YELL at a few who came to the affair because they did not like them. Horrid. :mad:

I sure hope your DNiece can get beyond this, as embarassing as it was for her it must have been just as embarassing for her friend to have relatives that ACT this way esp towards a child (that was sent an invite). :sad2:

I think you might have misunderstood the OP. Maybe I misunderstood, but this is what I think happened...
Mean Girl asked Granny to tell two unwanted guests (young girls) to leave. I doubt Mean Girl's feeling any pain over the familial misbehavior, it's probably the norm in that extended family. They probably all think it was hysterical.

agnes!
 

I think you might have misunderstood the OP. Maybe I misunderstood, but this is what I think happened...
Mean Girl asked Granny to tell two unwanted guests (young girls) to leave. I doubt Mean Girl's feeling any pain over the familial misbehavior, it's probably the norm in that extended family. They probably all think it was hysterical.

agnes!

OK...let's see I went back and re-read the thread...OP's Dniece was indeed invited to the after party. Dniece's Mom was sent directions to the after party BUT instead drove Dniece to the ceremony. Hmmm...maybe that is what happened, maybe Dniece was not to be at the ceremony (for whatever reasons the "mean" girl's family had...like JUST family at the ceremony) but instead she was to be at the after party only....hence upsetting "mean" girl's family with her appearance at the ceremony that "mean" girl's Grandma said to Dniece..."GO HOME"....

How does that sound.....:confused:
 
OK...let's see I went back and re-read the thread...OP's Dniece was indeed invited to the after party. Dniece's Mom was sent directions to the after party BUT instead drove Dniece to the ceremony. Hmmm...maybe that is what happened, maybe Dniece was not to be at the ceremony (for whatever reasons the "mean" girl's family had...like JUST family at the ceremony) but instead she was to be at the after party only....hence upsetting "mean" girl's family with her appearance at the ceremony that "mean" girl's Grandma said to Dniece..."GO HOME"....

How does that sound.....:confused:

Niece was not driven to the ceremony. She was driven to the house she was given directions to.
 
OK...let's see I went back and re-read the thread...OP's Dniece was indeed invited to the after party. Dniece's Mom was sent directions to the after party BUT instead drove Dniece to the ceremony. Hmmm...maybe that is what happened, maybe Dniece was not to be at the ceremony (for whatever reasons the "mean" girl's family had...like JUST family at the ceremony) but instead she was to be at the after party only....hence upsetting "mean" girl's family with her appearance at the ceremony that "mean" girl's Grandma said to Dniece..."GO HOME"....

How does that sound.....:confused:

The point is that no one here really knows what happened, not even the OP. This is fifth hand information and I think your conclusions are just as good to jump to as OP's.
 
Regardless of where it is it was still extremely rude to say something to her in front of everyone.
 
The point is that no one here really knows what happened, not even the OP. This is fifth hand information and I think your conclusions are just as good to jump to as OP's.

Exactly. We don't know that DNiece and the other girl who was asked to leave didn't pull some myspace hoax on bat mitzvah girl. Lots of spats happen at that age, even among friends, but it all should have been dealt with before the party, not during the party. Tacky/trashy.
 
Exactly. We don't know that DNiece and the other girl who was asked to leave didn't pull some myspace hoax on bat mitzvah girl. Lots of spats happen at that age, even among friends, but it all should have been dealt with before the party, not during the party. Tacky/trashy.

And certainly not by Grandma. That part really makes me go :confused3
 
The whole thing is very odd. If it had been my DD, I would have made a phone call to the other girl's parents the next day to get clarification.

I would not have written a letter to the girl's Rabbi. :confused3 The Rabbi had nothing to do with any of this, and a Rabbi cannot control what goes on at someone's house. Even if it is the house of one of his congregants.
 
I would not have written a letter to the girl's Rabbi. :confused3 The Rabbi had nothing to do with any of this, and a Rabbi cannot control what goes on at someone's house. Even if it is the house of one of his congregants.

I agree. I would find it incredibly weird if I received a letter from an angry parent about one of my parishioners. Honestly, I would probably put it in the trash. I'm their minister, not their disciplinary.
 
Honestly, if a girl would do this, then I am guessing she planned it all along. She pretended to be her friend so she could invite her, then she did that to her and another girl. I can't think of any other scenerio.

OMG - thats so sad. Your poor niece (and the other girl!)

Where was Bat Mitzvah girls mom?? I would have completely reamed my kids had they even attempted to pull something like this. EVERYONE would have left (I tend to do the extreme.... :rolleyes1 ) BAT MITZVAH OVA'!!!!!

She sent the letter to the school, so the teacher and principal would be aware of what happened over the weekend, in case the girl tried to tease or harass my neice in school.

I agree - I woul dhave done the same.

I think maybe it was a good idea for the school to be aware of the high end bullying this girl has been up to:confused3

Yes.

What the hell is wrong with kids these days??? So cruel. So terribly uncompassionate and cruel. :sad2: Consdering some of the posts and such Ive read on the internet - we've got generations of adults, leading the way for their children to act as cruel and vicious as themselves.
 
I think I would have gone into the house and found the parents and found out what was going on. If they didnt want my child there, I would have questioned why she was invited. Been very calm and then left the home.

I think my next action would have depended alot on what the parents responce was. No mater the responce, taking my child home and getting her back together would have been the priority. Just like this mother did. I think I would have to know what the deal was however before leaving the home, no making a scene, just get to the bottom of it all.
 
Something about this story is not Kosher (pardon the pun). It just does not sound right to me.

Thats she wasn't invited to both? I don't see a problem or anything strange with that, My dd's communion is coming up and due to space issues I can't have everyone come to the church but they are invited to the party.
 
Thats she wasn't invited to both? I don't see a problem or anything strange with that, My dd's communion is coming up and due to space issues I can't have everyone come to the church but they are invited to the party.

Seriously? Isn't the sacrament the important part and the party just something we do to celebrate the sacrament afterwards? I do find that line of thinking odd.
 
Thats she wasn't invited to both? I don't see a problem or anything strange with that, My dd's communion is coming up and due to space issues I can't have everyone come to the church but they are invited to the party.

No not that, I meant the whole thing is pretty unbelievable. I just can't see a Grandma in the middle of a Bat Mitzvah telling off two little girls. Obviously some people who have posted on this thread have encountered some pretty awful people in their lives. I've been lucky and never have. Some thoughtless people, yes, but this rises to way beyond that level. I can imagine one 13 yo being mean to another (easily) but Grandma? :confused3


ETA: When my daughter was Bat Mitzvah'd (sp?) we invited everyone in the synagogue to the kiddush after the ceremony and had less people coming to the party the next day. In any event, every single child in DD's class was invited to both.
 
I am not saying you are making it up (even if it is April Fool's day). All I am saying is that something is not quite right about the story. Since this is essentially "my niece told my sister who told me that Grandma said her granddaughter said..." That's at least 5th hand info. Lot's of things can get garbled in transmission.

The point is that no one here really knows what happened, not even the OP. This is fifth hand information and I think your conclusions are just as good to jump to as OP's.

Regardless of where it is it was still extremely rude to say something to her in front of everyone.

agree with all of the above...and also, if it indeed was at the house and an after party I would not have included the rabbi or school.
 
So the Bat Mitzvahnt told her grandmother that she didn't want DNiece at her party. Grandma then went to DNiece and said Bat Mitzvahnt doesn't want you here so you have to leave".

Where were Bat Mitvahnt's parents in all this? Has your sister spoken to them? And your DNiece was truly blindsided by this? There was no "issue" between her and the Bat Mitzvahnt that she knows of??

These kinds of stories make me SO glad that I had the type of mother who would have said to me "I don't care whether you hate the kid. You invited her. She's staying, so suck it up". And my grandmother never would have DREAMED of involving herself.

On the plus side, I'm glad to see that there are Jewish folks who are less than perfect too. Gives us Catholics a break for a few minutes! ;)
 















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