Ds’s best friend lives 5 minutes from school-we live in the back of beyond. Ds obviously spends a lot of time at their house- at least a night a week, sometimes two. They have plenty of space, and I constantly check with ds that it’s OK. Friend is an only child, and the only time I have spoken to his mother - at a parent’s evening- she said how happy she was that he had found such a good friend. But I do feel uncomfortable about not reciprocating. I have bought some gig tickets for the two of them, and they have both crashed at dd’s flat in London a couple of times, but it still feels a bit uneven against ds having a second home! (They call one of their spare rooms “DS’s Room”)
What would you do? Some wine? Just carry on paying for stuff when I get the chance? I don’t know the parents at all, so can’t do anything more personal.