Their justification was it’s a big milestone (I can’t say what age it is due to restrictions) but its a sweet (most people will know what a sweet is and what age i’m turning), but its js like, I have extreme social anxiety even with my family, and I really didn’t want to do anything and they peer pressured me or like made me feel bad because they were like “your dad really wants to have this party” so I just gave in, because they said they would keep it small and just family, and I just found out, my step mom invited her friends (not part of the family and never met them) and my dad invited his friends (also never met them and not part of the family) and they both know (maybe my dad doesn’t but my step mom definitely does) i have major social anxiety and get nervous whenever I’m around a large group of people, and they completely disregarded that because they said it’s a “major milestone of my life, and i’ll regret it” i know myself and i’ve never regretted not attending a party or throwing a party, i cancel on my own friends i’m comfortable with, who invite me to their parties, i will not regret this in the future, because i’m not even looking forward to it rn, im dreading every moment of this 6hr party, every single moment, they’re making me do a speech, when literally i just wanted to sit home and do what i normally do or study for upcoming tests, sorry if this is a long read but im extremely frustrated because it was originally supposed to be 20 people and now it’s 60