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[quote=Anonymous]This is not a high-stakes, super important issue.  This is petty, but we are petty people who are debating this issue now.  Weigh in!

Scenario: Larlette has a barbecue by her pool, inviting friends and some people from work.  The barbecue includes a mix of singles and married people.  The invitation specifies that family/children of the invitee are welcome.

Friend A shows up with her 11 year old daughter, then proceeds to spend several hours in the pool playing with her child and a few other kids who showed up with their parents.  The other parents were occasionally walking over to keep an eye on the kids, taking turns to have one person always remaining to look over the pool.  Friend A just stayed in the pool with her daughter the entire time.

The other adults sat together, eating, enjoying some drinks, and talking.  Friend A never once sat with the adults, and only spoke to the host and other adults to say hello and then to announce she was leaving after she and her daughter finally left the pool in the evening.

Was Friend A rude, or was it OK for her to avoid the host and adults at the barbecue and spend the whole time in the pool with her 11 year old?

Friend A is newish to the group and this was the first time she's been invited to a barbecue or get-together.  Some of the ladies are saying we shouldn't bother inviting her again, but others think this was OK.

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