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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is at the age when he wants to have friends over for dinner (9).  We are older parents and are 10-20 years older than all of my child's friend's parents.  Our friends either have grown children or no children, although we do have on friend with a baby --second marriage.  Is it OK to invite our friends over for a small party and invite a few kids over for my child, but not their parents?

There is one kid in particular who has had about 3 dozen playdates at our house and 2 at friend's house.  We have invited the family for half dozen events including dinner at our house and there is never any reciprocity.  I'm not interested in inviting these parents or continuing to try to have a friendship.  We are all congenial with one another and I like the family. But I don't want to host the family anymore.

Can we just invite the kid from this family for a party and invite our other friends who do not have kids to the same party?  Is that OK or are we stuck inviting people over who never reciprocate and are not even our friends?  I'm not sure why they always say yes to any invitation I have proposed in the past. (They get together with other family and friends, just never include us.)

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