So are the Dds being unreasonable (age 14 and 15)

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Dh and I are having some people over for dinner between x,as and new year. They have Dds roughly the same age as ours and might have to bring them. Are the Dds being unreasonable to say that they don't really want them to come (have only met them once )
Dh thinks they are but is it really fair to expect them to entertain these girls all evening while we have a nice evening with our friends?

Ok so... Other girls are definitely coming now so have spoken to Dds and all four girls will join us for meal and then go and watch a DVD whilst we talk/coffee etc. Sounds like a much better plan that we are all happy with (and as the girls are cooking the meal it's nice for them to enjoy it with us)

Had you been planning on getting your dds to cook the meal and not join you?

Sounds a good solution. Esp since the girls are cooking the meal, they should def be able to help eat it!!!!!

The first thing I thought of when I read this thread was "below stairs" but then I thought that maybe I was being extreme. Perhaps not!

That sounds like a good solution. I'm sorry I had misread this before and thought it was for the whole period between Xmas and NY which would be rather different I think. Am glad the girls are being mature about it now :)

thunder no we werent planning on it but they want to now because they are enjoying it with us
Thanks everyone

How old are the other children? I think your two are being unreasonable, but then they are 14 and 15 so of course they are! They are old enough to play host without being unpleasant about it though.

TBF though, 14/15 year old girls can feel a bit awkward and nervous about stuff like this sometimes. I was really shy as a teenager and if my Mum had suggested me entertaining someone I'd only met once, for a whole evening, I probably would have shut myself in my room and cried

Do they all have much in common?

I think I bit of a "be nice and and it wont be for long" is in order.