Why was friend offended?

Marvel1

:huh: is my emoji, read it 3 times and still no clue.

chesky

Perhaps he just hit the wrong button and really wanted a laughing face.

textbook

He quoted the bit of text which was the £30 . This is what I paid for his kids at my son's party. He didn't quote the other complaints about maintenance etc. Which makes me think I offended him bringing up the paying for his kids or something

gettingtheresometime

For goodness sake ever heard the expression it's good to talk?

getmore4less

This reads that you invited his kids and now you have thrown this cost you £30 in his face.

Pollycat

textbook wrote: »

He quoted the bit of text which was the £30 . This is what I paid for his kids at my son's party. He didn't quote the other complaints about maintenance etc. Which makes me think I offended him bringing up the paying for his kids or something

This wasn't clear in your original text.
i.e. that the £30 you paid was for the kids of the friend you were texting.

textbook wrote: »

I was complaining to my friend through a text about my girlfriend moaning to my mum that I don't give her enough money with them saying I only paid half the ferry costs etc (for next holiday) and then £30 for our son's birthday (for 2 kids) while she paid for everyone else. I pointed out to friend that this was the first year I was allowed to invite anyone ( his two kids). I wasn't allowed any of my friend's kids before.- He put a sad icon on his reply to this.

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

For goodness sake ever heard the expression it's good to talk?

I have.
Is there an expression "It's good to make sure anything you post on a pubic forum makes sense"?

sheramber

Why should you invite your friend's children to your child's party?

I thought birthday parties were for friends of the birthday child, not children of friends of the parents unless the child is also friends with them, in which case they would be invited as friends of the birthday child,

PrettyKittyKat

Maybe he was sad that it was the first time you were allowed to invite them rather than offended that you mentioned that you had to pay for them. This is the problem with texts and emojis, they can cause confusion! CALL your friend and say 'Hiya Mate, it occured to me that my text might have come across wrong, I just wanted to check your weren't offended as I didn't mean to'.... all sorted!

HurdyGurdy

textbook wrote: »

My [ex?]girlfriend has been complaining to my mother that I don't give her enough money [for maintenance?]

I was grumbling to my friend about this, when my friend pointed out that I had only paid half the ferry costs for the next holiday, plus I had only paid for the cost of his two children attending my son's birthday party [£30] when my [ex]girlfriend had paid the rest of the costs of the party [and the holiday?] "

I replied to him that this was the first year that I had been allowed to ask anyone to my son's party, and that had I had chosen to invite his two children, and that my girlfriend had not allowed me to invite any of my friends' children before".

He put a sad icon on his reply to this.


Why?

I've reworded part of the OP, to how I understand it.

So my answer to why your friend put a sad emoji would be to show sympathy for you not being allowed to invite any of your friends' children to your son's parties in the past, i.e. s/he feels sad that you'd not been allowed to choose guests, and not that they were offended in any way.

jobbingmusician

Pollycat wrote: »

Is there an expression "It's good to make sure anything you post on a pubic forum makes sense"?

I hadn't realised this was THAT sort of forum! :rotfl: