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[quote=Anonymous]I would apologize and let her know that it wasn't your intention to seem come across as annoyed or gruff.  Let her know that her bringing her DD caught you by surprise because you thought it was going to be child free.  Explain that you didn't want her DD playing in your girls rooms because they aren't comfortable with it and that you did offer the playroom.  I would also let her know that you were looking forward to doing something child free and it wasn't how it worked out.

I think it's great that your friend was comfortable enough to be honest with you.  She should have spoken to you about over the phone, but that's ok, she addressed the issue she had.  I would be equally as honest with her.  If you are friends then your friendship can take it.

I had a friend with family that was always offering to take her kids for days at a time.  She would ask me to go places while her kids were away and I explained that I had no one to leave mine with so they would need to come with.  They were 4&5 at the time and high maintenance (one's special needs).  My friend finally told me she loved my kids but she couldn't do stuff with them because she wants to enjoy the time when her kids were away.  She was the one that was calling to see if I could go to the mall and she knew I would have to bring the kids.  She tried to deal with the kids because she wanted to spend time with me.  I stepped back to gain perspective.  I really wanted to be offended and defend my children, and myself, but I couldn't do that.  My kids were total pains in the asses that summer and I was doing the best I could.  I respected my friend for feeling close enough with me to bring up a sensitive issue.  We came to the conclusion that we wouldn't go places during the day like that again until the kids were older or I found a sitter.  Five years later and we are still only do things during week days if there are no children involved.  [/quote]

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