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Friends who always bring their teenager

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Parentslife · 04/12/2023 13:42

Ok so I have a situation. Our close friends have 2 teenage daughters, the oldest is 18 and quite independent but the 15 year old comes with her parents everywhere.
At first our 7 year old son and her had a lovely relationship as she was only 13 when we first met and she didn’t mind hanging out him while the adults talked.
Now she’s 15, she almost ignores him and just sits with us and eats all the food, barely talking to anyone.
How do we politely ask them not to bring her? It’s so tricky as we always have our son with us because he’s so young but he’s quite happy to watch TV by himself while the adults chat.

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LookItsMeAgain · 30/12/2023 15:44

Just going back over a few of my older threads and I was wondering how your evening went once you decided that the 15 yr old could come?

Hope it was fun for everyone.

ISewISee · 30/12/2023 16:13

Turfwars · 04/12/2023 14:10

I dropped a friend because of this (and other stuff but mostly this).

Her then 10yo dd used to leave the kids playing to join in a conversation we were having, and I did the usual adult thing of stopping what I was saying so she could ask her DM whatever it was she needed.

Turns out that what the DD needed was to know what I I was discussing about DH and I and her mother just filled her in on the last 5 mins of our previously private conversation. Then I start getting marital advice from the DD.
Didn't fucking ask you, kiddo.

Now that kid is 14 and still a dose.

🙄

What a nightmare!

Thank goodness you're out of that. I wish people wouldn't encourage their children in that way. What does a child know about relationships and shame on the mother for gossiping about you in FRONT of you to her CHILD!

I once had the 12 year old child of an ex friend who was desperate to come and visit, tell me that the huge bespoke wooden enclosure (mimicking a natural habit) I had built for my Guinea Pigs was not good enough because she recommended a C and C set up - which is literally plastic square grills and correx 😂🙈and the mother stood there grinning and asked me afterwards if I was replacing the enclosure 😆

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