Daughter never gets invited to her friends AIBU

[crazycrimbolady]

Feeling a bit annoyed and just need a rant.

I have my friends daughter over a lot for sleepovers/play dates/days out

We always do something when daughters friend is at ours and every single time when the mum or dad picks her up they say "next time is on us" and it never happens.

AIBU to be a bit peed off? It makes me not want to have the girl over but I do because my daughter enjoys play dates etc with her friend.

Yeah that sounds pretty annoying and you are well due an afternoon to yourself while they entertain your dd.

They shouldn’t say it if they don’t mean it.

If they can’t reciprocate they should just say so. We’re very open about our situation with DD4’s care needs to the parents of our other children’s friends when they were younger (now they’re older and fend for themselves it’s easier). Some chose not to have ours over because we can’t reciprocate and some didn’t mind at all because they knew why.

I understand it's a bit annoying, but you've got the right attitude; you're doing it because your DD enjoys it. Just focus on that. It's not about the other parents. It's just you, doing a nice thing for your DD. Forget about them and try and let the annoyance go.

Next time the girls want to get together tell the parents it’s their turn!