To have sent DCs friends home for this behaviour?

ive seen famous people do it online its just a bit of a laugh

think you were ott

I probably wouldn't have sent them home, even if I wanted to. But I would have called them out on their eye rolling and also made to clean it up. It's disrespectful.

I feel bad for your daughter. No, I wouldn’t have sent them home.

I would of been happy to see them not on phones or tablets and actually playing a game to be honest! They were having fun and it was only water and in the kitchen! I would have just made sure they cleaned up afterwards and found it quite funny.

Also for your DD I do feel sorry for her because she may worry its going to affect her friendships and be spoken about at school now. It is a delicate age in terms of friendships so im not surprised shes not talking to you it will feel humiliating for her.

Claiming were "devolving as a species" because people have different senses of humour is wild 😂

Wow 😬

Good luck with the teen years op, my mum was strict like you and I kept my friends, boyfriends etc away. Consequently, my mum had no idea what was going on in my life and I got really good at keeping my mistakes/problems hidden from her.

If you overreact to little non-problems, she's never ever going to risk you finding out about real ones.

As an aside, this game sounds very fun and I'm going to ask DH and DD to play it with me this evening. 😅

Really? I’m feeling sorry for your DD at this point and don’t expect her to have mates over again, coukd dyiu not have stayed away and just tolerated some water? They weren’t doing shots and vomiting!

I would have bollocked them and made them clear it up.

I would have been less than impressed. Firstly at the spit out water all over the floor, then at doing it again when they were asked to stop and lastly at the eye rolling.

I’d possibly have sent them home, probably not but possibly. They’d probably not be invited back.

As a parent I’d be so embarrassed if this was my child and they’d be in trouble for being rude.

We set high expectations on behaviour, it’s non-negotiable.

I am not that poster but personally as an aunty and godmother, I wouldn’t mind kids doing crafts or baking in my house at all - even if it gets messy. I’d actually love it! My friends have stayed overnight with their kids before and I’ve actually offered to do baking with them.

I do baking and crafts in my house all the time and I doubt they’d be messier than me.

I’d object to the spit water thing mainly because it would gross me out unless they did it outside in the garden and spaced out too.

Otherwise I can see their spit water going on the floor, and maybe each other and the worktops too and maybe someone slipping on it lol

I wouldn’t have started world war 3 over it and definitely wouldn’t have called parents to complain let alone send them home though. But yeah I don’t see it as an indoor activity.

This. I'd have sent them home too.

Who wants people with no manners in their home?

It's not great behaviour from them at all, but I would have ensured it stopped immediately and sent them to another room - or stayed there whilst they cleaned it up. I don't condone their behaviour, but I think you overreacted.

YABU, that is pretty innocent stuff. They are just beginning to test your boundaries and you blew your top. Well done.

No one is asking anyone to lick it up. Just use a mop or a towel and chuck it in the washing machine. Of course it’s funny to kids (and many adults).

You’re too precious. It was just water and they were just having a laugh

Are your DC those ones who were never allowed messy play or got into trouble for getting muddy after playing out?
Awful overreaction to some fun.

You also run the risk of making your daughter very nervous of your reactions to fairly normal things.

That's not a nice way to grow up and won't help her turn into a confident young woman.

Glad someone else said that 🤣I've played this with my kids,it's funny but I am naturally quite childish to be honest.

I might have asked them to move it to the bathroom,but mainly I'd just be relieved 3x 11 year old girls were getting on and having a laugh.3s a crowd and all that.

Def an overreaction IMO.I would have ignored the eye rolling,would no way have called the parents.Might not be in a rush to ask them back,but I also remember being a twat at 11.

Why is everyone saying “it’s just water”? It’s water that they’ve spat out. Revolting. We really are devolving as a species if people think this is funny.

Why? What's wrong with the game?

Oh no that’s a massive overreaction. I feel very sorry for your daughter if this is how you normally behave over a bit of silliness. She will be completely humiliated.
I would have just asked them to clean it up. Or left them until they were bored of the game and then got them to clean it up. It was only harmless fun. You didn’t catch them snorting lines off the counter tops

Actually. My 8 year old went to his best friend’s house after school this week and his mum apologised for his top being a bit damp as they were playing this exact game in the kitchen. Of course it was fine- it was literally just water.

What’s the problem with the game? It’s just a bit of water in the kitchen.

Would they be able to do stuff like baking or crafts that might make more of a mess?

Thats the only thing that would have stopped me asking! Mind you I plucked up the courage to ask DS if I could join him and his pals on Fortnite and was welcomed with open arms and still play with them all now and they are all 15+ 😊

No, her mum brought the embarrassment by being a killjoy who can't handle a couple of 11 year olds eye-rolling, without sending them home.

I think most parents would be too worried about the OP's bizarre behaviour, to allow their kids to stay after this.

Only her daughter loses out.