Dilemma. I have a 16 year old boy. My friend who lives a couple of hours away has a 14 year old girl. I speak to my friend every couple of weeks but we only see each other 5/6 times a year and it’s always an overnight stay. They live near the coast so it’s usually us going to visit them. When the kids were younger, they played fine together but now my son has no interest in spending time with my friend’s daughter. He doesn’t dislike her, just nothing in common he says and I completely get that.
The last time I saw my friend was at the beginning of this year, before lockdown and I visited her on my own mid week which meant it was easy to explain my son’s absence on it being a school night.
My friend has recently been in touch to arrange coming to visit us with her daughter near Christmas (assuming we’re allowed to with Covid-19 etc). I don’t want to force my son to spend time with this girl but equally I really don’t know how to explain the situation to my friend. I know I have to deal with this soon because even if lockdown continues in December, this situation will rear it’s head again at some point in the future. Any advice gratefully received. Thanks