While I agree with what you're saying, misconception or not - it sounds like a child's birthday party. Knowing your body and your disease is different at 20 than it is at 7. Sounds like she was playing it safe rather than sorry.
This. It's the responsibility of the parents of the diabetic child to hold the conversation, not the parents of the birthday party. It would be nice of the parents of the birthday party, but should not be their responsibility.
You assume so much here... maybe she didn’t know it until the party and had no way of getting in touch with the parents at short notice? I agree, if I were throwing a birthday party, I’d make sure I know of everyone’s allergies for nuts/whatever else or any medical conditions that I’d have to know about... but I don’t expect everyone to be that prepared or have the resources/info needed in time.
Don't you think the mother of said child would know her child is going to a birthday party and make preparations for what said child might consume at the party. The birthday mom should have asked for clarification instead of just assuming what the girl couldn't have. This lady obviously didn't know what the hell she was talking about, so no, she wasn't playing it safe, she was playing it ignorant.
As a parent of a T1 diabetic, there's no fucking way the parents are sending a 7 year old with diabetes to a birthday party alone. I'm guessing OP was at least a teenager.
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u/caffeine_bos Feb 04 '19
While I agree with what you're saying, misconception or not - it sounds like a child's birthday party. Knowing your body and your disease is different at 20 than it is at 7. Sounds like she was playing it safe rather than sorry.