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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not reciprocating is only ok if there is an excusable hardship. Excuses stated in these responses (“I have an old house” or “I have 4 kids” or “My house is small” or “We lead a busy life”) are all just excuses.[/quote]

Hmm not sure what people are supposed to do about these things though. If you don't have room for other kids... you don't have room. Whether that's because kids are doubled up in rooms because you have 4 or because you live in an 800 sq ft bungalow or an apartment.

Just FYI that sleepovers generally, and especially multi-kid sleepovers, are not as common in places where people live in small homes or apartments. We live in the Hill where a small number of families have 2000+ sq ft but many of us are living with less than 1000. And many are in condos where it's harder to host kids because you can't send them to the yard and layouts mean everyone is on top of each other. But the families with bigger homes talk up the sleepovers and want it to be a thing because THEY want to host them and then the rest of us wind up with kids who want sleepovers but we have more limited ability to host. It sucks. We already deal with the quandary of birthday parties and this is just an added layer. Sorry I can't afford to spend 1.5m on a house so that we can reciprocate slumber parties? Whatever, get over yourselves.[/quote]

I grew up living in a home (apartment, no yard) that was 900 sq feet. We didn’t invite 10 girls over at a time , we invited 1 or 2. We all slept in the living room. Not a single person complained that the space was too small.

What we didn’t have in space compared to other friends, our family made up with love and a sensing of welcoming.

Stop making excuses.
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