Mom of an 8-year-old girl lets her believe her friend who she calls uncle, is taking her to Disneyland for her birthday, then gets upset when the friend refuses to pay for the trip

Children can be very sensitive, and they don't always understand the dynamics of the adults around them. It's the parents' responsibility to help them understand how social rules work. There's a young man in a friend group of people who don't have any children. The only ones who do are his sister, who has a boy and a girl, and a friend of theirs named Ashley, who only has a girl. All children are of similar age and call all of their mum's friends "uncle" and "aunt". This guy, Mike, is known by the kids as the 'fun uncle,' since he took his niece and nephew to Disneyland and Universal Parks for their birthdays. Ashley's daughter, Madison, asked him if she could go to Disneykand for her birthday, and since he was a little confused about the question, he answered that she should ask her mom. A few days later, he received texts from Ashley asking him about the trip and the organization, which confused him, since he had not offered to pay for any trip. Then he had an argument with Ashley. She claimed that he was always playing favourites with his niece and nephew and leaving Madison out of everything, and that he got her hopes up about a trip that was no longer going to happen. He answ…

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