Hello, I've not been on for ages but have a thorny problem and wondered if anyone else has had similar and found a way through it... my DD is now 9 yrs...
My DD's best friend's mum is a single parent with involved grandmother to hand. I have always had DD's best friend round to tea; over to sleep; taken her out with us and treated her on DD's birthday; always buy her birthday and Christmas presents etc. whilst DD is virtually never invited round to her best friend's house and we have only once even had a Christmas or birthday present from them and this was a used item from the girl's own possessions. In the past I have been texted by the mum to ask if I will have her DD to sleep over and I have agreed because I value my DD's friendships... she has also texted to invite her daughter round after school when she is busy. I have never had the nerve to do the same and was always taught that you treat others the way you would like to be treated. So it kind of galls me that my DD is never invited round but I have had this little girl over SO many times. In fact, several times we have gone to drop her round after a sleepover, only to find that the mum has gone out shopping and not told us so we have had to involve her in our planned day out etc. Now, my husband is fixing her laptop for her (for no payment, I may add) as he works in IT, and still the girls always ask for me to play host. How do I broach the subject politely without falling out with this woman, bearing in mind that DD and her best friend are actually in a friendship triangle with another girl and DD sometimes feels left out. EEEK!
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CorduroyAngel · 23/10/2012 18:52
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