My daughter (7 years old) has a best friend who is a boy (just turned 8). He lives in our neighborhood very close by, and my daughter has been friends with him for about two years. He attends the local public school, while our daughter is homeschooled.
My daughter’s friend just had his 8th birthday party at a local laser tag center/arcade and invited my daughter. My husband was the one who took her, but as he was dropping her off he noticed that all of the other children (about 15-20 of them) her friend had invited to the party were boys, and that my daughter was the only girl there. Most if not all of them were boys from his school, which meant they are boys who live nearby us, but my daughter didn’t know most of them due to being homeschooled.
My husband told my daughter he didn’t want her attending the party and took her home (which really disappointed her a TON). His explanation to me was that he didn’t feel safe having her be the only girl amongst a big group of boys she didn’t know. I don’t think this wouldn’t have been an issue at all as my daughter gets along great with boys (better than girls from what I’ve seen), and I feel it would have been a great opportunity to get to know some more kids in our community and make more friends.
I’ve been unhappy with my husband about this and have made it clear I don’t ever want her being barred from going to parties for this reason again. He apologized to her and is taking her on a special outing to make up for not going to this party, but still insists to me that he thinks he made the right decision and that he was bing “protective” of her. AITAH for being unhappy about this?