With the Queen's Platinum Jubilee now in full swing, many of us will be attending or hosting parties both today and tomorrow to celebrate the monarch's 70 years of service.
But one mum has been left feeling "hurt" after she was lied to about her friend's Jubilee party - as she was told the bash had been cancelled, only for it to go ahead without her.
Sharing her story on Mumsnet, the woman said she'd been invited to her friend Susan's party and had been looking forward to it because she knows her mate usually throws "a good party".
She was therefore disappointed to learn the bash had been cancelled via Facebook, but was left even more upset when she then saw pictures online that clearly showed the event was still going ahead - just not with her in attendance.
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In her post, she wrote: "I’m wondering if I’m being unreasonable here. I have a friend, we'll call her Susan, not her real name. Susan and her husband David are very sociable. I’ve been friends with Susan for over 30 years and considered her a close friend once although we’ve not been so close for the last five or so.
"I was chuffed to be invited to Susan and David’s Platinum Jubilee party as they do throw a good party. A few weeks later the party was cancelled on Facebook as it all got too big and they were going on holiday a few days later. No problem, I understood.
"Today, Facebook is full of pics of the very-much-happening Jubilee party with lots of our joint friends attending."
The mum insisted she knows Susan was under no obligation to invite her to the party, but she still feels "hurt" that her friend would feel the need to lie to her instead of just being honest about uninviting her.
She added: "I’m really hurt by this. I know she doesn’t have to invite me, it’s her choice but I haven’t done anything to upset her. The party is clearly still on but I was uninvited.
"Am I being unreasonable? Be kind, I don’t have a lot of friends and my mental health is shot to pieces at the moment (not due to this but this hasn’t helped)."
People in the comments of the post were supportive of the mum, but many told her that it was probably time for her to "reconsider" her friendship with Susan.
One person said: "That's so spiteful of her. I'd reconsider your friendship."
While another added: "Oh, that's horrible. Really nasty. She must have known that you'd see pics on social media. I'd post a message on Facebook and see what she says."
But others tried to see it from Susan's point of view, with some saying that she may have been truthful about the original party being cancelled, and instead, she hosted a smaller one with many of the original guests - including the mum - left out.
Someone said: "Sounds like she was honest. She cancelled that party was getting out of hand, then rearranged and had a smaller one that she was happier organising. But obviously, not everyone beat was invited to the first one, was going to be invited when they rearranged.
"I get feeling left out, but I don’t think she has don’t anything wrong or underhand."
As someone else agreed, stating: "If it was cancelled on Facebook then I would assume that it really did just get too big and that in the end, they went ahead with a scaled down version [which meant] that unfortunately you, along with a load of others, didn't make the cut.
"I guess the two of you are not as close as you thought, which is obviously upsetting, but I would try not to take it personally."
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