Other peoples kids!

keith969

chocdonuty wrote: »

Anyone else seem to have other peoples kids in their house a LOT of the time?
Funny how they always come around to mine rather than my daughter to theirs
I'm kind of glad as I'm a single mum to an only child so yes I'm grateful she has company of children her own age and that they are comfortable being around, it's definatly made me step up my cleaning/tidying:rotfl:
I just wondered how normal it was? I've never met some of the parents, although know where they live and if they sleepover always ensure they ask first.

Its perfectly normal. My partner has sleepovers for her youngest daughter's friends all the time. They enjoy it, keeps them entertained, I suspect kids know whose house is nicest to stay at and so that's why they prefer yours... As long as they are not abusing your hospitality, let them do it!

Bluebell68

My house seemed be the one they all met in if going to youth club disco round mine 1st lads girls
I have 3 sons it was like a train station

holidays they would all be at mine knowing fine well I would be taking mine up mountains on beach footie field just seemed be they would be with us

I didn't mind an now I am no longer able to do any of these things mind you they are 19 21 24
and I have moved away only little bit still at home :j
there mates still ring up come up see if im ok
last week middle son n girlfriend wasn't able come to see me
girlfriend expecting she wasn't well
his mate came up with some t bags n milk as my son had said if going that way can you check on my mum

fair play to the young lad he did with his girlfriend n little 1

I have lovely sons I really do so lucky an they have very nice mates stick together no matter what
usually in my house:rotfl:

geoffky

I live in a open house..I can not remember the last weekend we did not have teenagers sleeping..
Three upstairs as we speak...
The wife and i do not mind one bit even though they eat us out of house and home...A empty house is a unused house..

System

I think I was the kid that was always at someone else's house as I wasn't allowed sleepovers and never really had friends over

sparrer

We had children's friends for meals, sleep-overs, days out, weekends away in the caravan etc., and didn't mind at all.

Now the children have their own families. I looked after my DD's 3 when they were younger and all the kids in my neighbourhood would come round to play with them. My DS's 3 live oop norf but I've taken them away for holidays and hope to do so whenever I can.

I was the mum crying at the school gate when term started, loved the school holidays. I wonder why people have children when they moan about having to entertain them during holidays and weekends, and complain when friends come to play as if the parent's social life is more important than theirs.

Not long ago there was a little lad in a buggy who must have repeated 'Mummy', 'Mum' twenty times before she said 'WHAT?!' he said 'I wuv you Mummy' and all he got was a tut and she carried on talking to her friend. I know that's an extreme case but seems some parents don't want their own kids, let alone other peoples kids to come and play.

Admittedly some kids can be little so-and-so's but I had boundaries which I made clear in the nicest possible way and don't recall any of them, or their parents, abusing our hospitality.

Kaz2904

Aww, the littlies in the buggy with the "I wuv you Mummy" So cute. Melt your heart cute!


We get our neighbours kids in and out all the time which is fine. Next door, the girl said she had to pop home but would be back so I reminded her she could just come on in rather than ringing the bell (as she was already in).
There is one child though who I don't want in the house unless I am awake and sitting on the sofa watching him. He's got no social boundaries. To the point of standing staring through the windows when DS says he has to go in for tea. Unnerving. I've shut the curtains on him before and know next door shuts their blinds now.
DD doesn't bring so many friends home from school mainly because we live up the hill and I'm always home so she doesn't want me knowing what's going on!