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AIBU?

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Annoyed a daughters friends mum

29 replies

DonAli · 01/12/2023 16:37

My daughter plays with different friends as kids do. She’s 10. She has friends from school she plays with and a neighbour who goes to a different school who’s 11 almost 12. My dd arranges with her friends from school to go to their house to play. Her other friend,the neighbour, wants to go too but the mum doesn’t like loads of kids in her house and they kind of all don’t get on anyway but the neighbour always wants to go. She goes home crying (according to her mum) that’s she’s not allowed to go and her mum messages me telling me to tell my daughter to play with her too and it’s not fair she can’t go. AIBU about this as it’s not my house and if they don’t want to play with her I would never force them to? My daughter plays with this girl all the time more than her friends from school so it’s not like they never see each other. AIBU to be getting really annoyed with the girls mum? I don’t text her if her daughter is out with friends from school demanding my daughter go too. They’re old enough to sort these things themselves imo and my daughters friends from school don’t really know her and don’t want her playing in their house 🤷‍♀️ but then I always have the other mum texting every time saying her daughter should be able to go too.

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LBFseBrom · 01/12/2023 19:49

Headband · 01/12/2023 18:00

I take it the neighbours daughter doesn't have many other friends .

I wondered the same but it could be because her mother is not very hospitable, or is embarrassing.

It seems strange to me that a girl of nearly 12 would go home crying because some younger children have gone off on their own. She must be very young for her age.

Certainly, op, it's not up to you whom people allow to come to their house and the girl's mother must surely realise that.

dixeypeach · 01/12/2023 19:51

Tell her to grow up

Bex5490 · 02/12/2023 11:17

FFS - I hate it when parents try and get involved with petty squabbles between kids. Your DD is still nice to her, makes time for her but wants to play with her school friends sometimes - big deal!

The neighbour sounds like she’s got too much time on her hands and assumes everyone else has as little going on as her…

LittleMrsPretty · 02/12/2023 15:58

@Bookworm1111

I didn't realise this, the neighbours Mum is a bot odd not to understand this as well.

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