A mum was left outraged after her two daughters were banned from a friend's birthday party unless they dyed their hair a 'natural colour'. The parent explained that she has been dying her two girls' hair purple for many years and that they 'love' their colourful look.
However, they have now been told that they have to get rid of their eye-catching hairdos if they want to attend a classmate's birthday bash, the Mirror report s. Posting to Reddit, the mum wrote: "My daughters (aged 11 and 10) both have purple hair. They love it this way and have been getting it dyed since they were six (with caution).
"They were invited to a little girl's birthday party under the condition they have their hair dyed a natural colour. I asked why and the mother insisted their hair would take away from birthday pictures because they'd draw attention.
"I asked if my daughters could just not be in the pictures, and she said there's no way to guarantee that and to either dye their hair a 'normal' colour or they can't come."
Infuriated by the demand, the parent decided to throw her daughters their own party with a few of their school friends to teach them that it is never okay to leave people out based on how they look. However, she was then confronted by the birthday girl's mum who accused her of trying to "steal her daughter's moment" by hosting her own celebration.
The mum said: "I decided to throw a party for my daughters since they won't be able to go to that one and invited their classmates (the girl was in a completely separate class). We had the party with a cake, bounce house, candy piñata and all that cool jazz. The girls had a blast, and I posted a few pictures online.
"Apparently this was the wrong move cause the little girl's mother saw my post and asked what right I had to steal her daughter's moment from her. Her daughter saw the pictures and was upset she didn't get to come to the party because they didn't have the things we did.
"Her mother said I was an a**hole for one-upping her just because my kids couldn't come to their party and that if I really wanted them there, I would've just dyed their hair."
The mum's post has since received over 1,600 comments, with people left debating whether she was being "petty" by having a separate party of her children. One person wrote: "Technically you did nothing wrong and the birthday girl's mum was an a**hole - but this still feels really petty in a dirty kind of way."
But another supported the parent's decision, saying: "This woman had every right to have a party for her girls, who were deliberately excluded from the other party based on how they looked."
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