I bloody hate sleepovers

[mrboingboing]

Seriously, why does it turn them into wild animals? 1 8 year old and 2 9 yr olds. I try to avoid them but really thought I ought to return the favour.

It's the shrieking, jumping around, slamming doors and general over excitement that drives me insane.

Roll on tomorrow morning.

I’m afraid I haven’t been brave enough to host any yet. My oldest daughter has been to quite a few.

Brutus carry on resisting. Seriously, they are hell.

I quite liked the carnage.. they we’re having fun. But then I locked the door and went to sleep

I remember them being so exciting when I was younger. Ds1 is almost 5 and I know they're round the corner
It's just 1 night, deep breaths and a glass of something nice.

I hated them when I was a child!! I much prefer peace and quiet and my own space to do as I please. I get anxiety when I have to be around the general public
I dread my DS asking to have one

Yes the bottle of wine in the fridge is beckoning. But I feel I need to be a bit more alert and on the ball than I would with just my own DC. It feels more of a responsibility!

I actually found myself pleading with them to go on their iPads earlier so I could give my ears a rest. My DC were somewhat bemused 😳

That’s it, @mrboingboing! I would hate the responsibility of having someone else’s kid overnight. Unless maybe my best friend’s daughter, who is probably the first one I’ll invite over for a sleepover (if I ever do!!)

We called them 'awakeovers'....

Agree, I’ve only ever hosted one sleepover, absolute nightmare the child complained that she wanted to go sleep at 6:30pm (her bedtime she was 7) but my dd kept wanting to talk!

I used to grit my teeth as long as they were all having fun. However I would not have sent my children to sleepovers if i was not prepared to host one myself

Three twelve year olds here - what time can I confiscate the phones??!!
I shall be gunning for the gin this evening and am slightly regretting saying they could “camp” in the living room!

I've got an arrangement with my friend - she does the sleepovers as she loves doing fun crafty things and has a much bigger house and I do the collective runs to things like Cub activities and the like.

My 8 year old went to her first sleepover last week, she lasted until half 9 before wanting to come home bless her!

We’re waiting until we move to our detached house before trying to host one, our neighbours hate our children’s noise as it is let alone adding another one to the mix!

Got 6 12 year olds here (sleeping in a tent outside so me and the babies indoors don't count towards rule if 6... in my head anyway). They've shrieked the house down since 12pm today and I'm not anticipating bedtime coming anytime soon. I've told them once the little ones are in bed theyre to stay outdoors and other than that I wash my hands of the situation til its time to make them pancakes in the morning

Shinygreenelephant I take my hat off to you, you are a better woman than me. Good luck.

They're hideous, but so loved by my DC that I grit my teeth and take my turbo host. I can't sleep when we are hosting someone else's kids, I've always got an ear open for the one whose wondering about at 3am homesick or thirsty or unable to sleep. Then the next morning they're all exhausted and ratty. And they take days to recover.

I stopped these years ago🤣 Even got DSs to agree somehow they don’t like them. If friends come over they are very welcome to stay as late as they like but need to go home.

I’ve agreed that DD can have one for her birthday this year (restrictions permitting.) What do they actually do? Do you do craft stuff with them, or watch a film? I have visions of four ten years sitting looking expectantly at me.

Ugh! I feel your pain. I was literally traumatised from my dd's last sleepover. I remember going from reluctantly getting out of bed, calmly shouting down the stairs 'could you be a bit quieter' please to then after about the 7th time storming across the landing and shouting like a mad woman!!

Nah, start the wine now. It will take the edge off - you can always call an ambulance if needed

Worst bit (well, one of the worst bits) is the dread when you go to the loo after of one of them. What will it be like in there...

I hate this phrase but you do just have to ‘lean in’ to it all.

I don’t mind it, but I tend to just zone out. Been hosting them for years though and I’m a heavy sleeper so doesn’t impact on my night!
Never worry about them going to sleep, because they next day they crash out and you hear nothing from them.

People who send their kids knowing they can’t hack it, then find them tearfully announcing they want to go home at 1:00 a.m. deserve a special place in hell though.

I am more than happy to tell kids to calm their butts down n my house with a threat to call their parents to pick them up.

My eldest often has anywhere up to 6 friends staying, middle DD tends to have one (who is extra loud, not the best behaved and tries to ignore being told no by me but I stand firm and she eventually behaves) and DS has one. So far so good but if things get loud or silly I will be more than happy to go in and get them told.

I hate them too. I don't sleep as I know I will get a call at 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6am asking to come home.