Teenage boys sleepover any advice 😬

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Ds is 14 and will have two friends over one I’m not particularly keen on if I’m honest. But any way it’s ds’s birthday and hopefully he will not cause trouble. We have a small house and ds bedroom is small so I thought they could sleep downstairs and they can order pizza. I have offered to pay for an activity like cinema, swimming also but I have a feeling all they want to do is play Xbox grrrr. Any advice on entertaining them, boundaries in terms of what time they should come off the Xbox or go to sleep. I have said to ds I will drop them home in the morning as I know they will be knackered and grumpy but he thinks they should come at 11am to day and leave at tea time tomorrow!! Any advice survival guides?? I thought hey could go into town, come home have pizza play Xbox and then watch a scary film and hopefully fall asleep 😬

Febreze and scented candles. The smell after a teenage boy sleep over is eye watering.

At 14 I'd leave them to it downstairs, bit old to be imposing rules on Xbox and sleep at a sleepover, it's only one night.

Pizza, Xbox and febreze!

Oh god thank god we will be decorating!!

You don't need to entertain them at 14, leave them to get on with it.

Have a chat with your 14 year old beforehand about it being his home and not getting out of control. I let them stay up for as long as they want but they need to be quiet, any noise that wakes me after 12ish and they are warned once, second time told to get to bed. We usually have 3 staying over now and again and up to 9 in the living room on by his birthday or during the holidays. (We dont have a huge house but manage to squeeze them in!)

Ds's friends come after teatime for a sleep over and leave around mid afternoon (basically they get up eventually, have a roll in sausage/bacon, they tidy up any mess, then they head out again, they keep their own parents up to date with their movements). Whenever they are here they have a good time but know they are expected to respect my home.

One of them swore once and it was hilarious, the rest were sent upstairs while I had a word with him. Have never heard a swear word since 😂😂

Have you read Terry Pratchett?

"The wizards of the city promised to unconditionally pay all taxes the Patrician asked them to, provided that the Patrician never asked them to pay taxes"

Essentially, you have a chat beforehand where you indicate to your DS that it's your house and your rules, and you will lay down the law if he's being unreasonable. However, so long as he isn't being unreasonable (in terms of noise and mess) then you'll largely leave him entirely to his own devices and trust him to manage his own friends while they're here.

If they're going to be eating and drinking (crisps, coke, pizza) in the same place as they're sleeping, it might be worth having a "Food zone" like on top of a table, simply so nobody rolls over in their sleep and knocks over half a bottle of coke that someone left the cap off.

At the age of 14 I would also expect my DS to help me move/change/wash bedding afterwards and generally clean up his own mess, but only AFTER his mates have gone home, unless you vitally need the space they are occupying for another purpose.

Febreeze. Lots and lots. Sorry.

Twice as many snacks as you think you need.

Gallons of fizzy pop

No beer

And a fumigator. For after.

Shut the door and leave them to it.

I wouldn’t send 14yos home in the morning after a sleepover. It’s quite normal that they spend the next day together, usually playing xbox or whatever. All you have to do is feed them. Use the money you were offering up for an activity to let them order takeout. The whole point of a sleepover is the relaxing of the rules. I would just leave them to it.

They sound well behaved. As it is your DS's birthday, I would relax the rules a little. I would let them stay around the next day.

Basic rules apply:
-No alcohol
-No house party/social media invites
-Keep noise down
-Tidy up their mess afterwards
-Have fun! Snacks/Drinks/Games provided

They are 14 not 4. Buy snacks, provide pizza, leave them to it. They should be more than capable of entertaining themselves and it would be strange for you to drop them off the next morning. They will probably want to hang out, go into town etc and make their own way home.

Oh my goodness dh said it already smells 😩

Ha ha.
Xbox normal
No rules about sleep
For God's sake get rid of them after breakfast!

It’s a combo of BO, lynx, and testosterone 😬
I will be serving them bacon and dropping into town/cinema where ever want but they are going by 12. They’ve been here since 3pm!! 😂

Good luck OP!!

Whilst they're not all staying over night I've got a houseful (15!!) of 14/15 year olds in a few weeks for DS's birthday. Mix of boys and girls and a few of the boys are staying. Told DS the others need to go at 11pm

Providing a huge dominos delivery , loads of crisps, biscuits, doughnuts and pop

I'll be fumigating the lounge in the morning