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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always hear people saying they want to have the "hangout house" and I thought I wanted it too. Now I realize I don't.
My oldest son likes to have his best friend over who lives down the street. They can't go to his house because "it's too messy there". The kid constantly walks over, unannounced, with his preschool aged sibling and a couple of random neighbors whose parents I don't know. Wait a minute! Now I have to supervise a small kid who is prone to trampling my vegetable garden and terrorizing my pets, and I have kids on my trampoline who might get hurt and I won't have anyone to contact. All kinds of stuff getting broken. And if I text the mom and say "actually this isn't a good time" or something she sends a shrug emoji "They just love your house and run out the door to go there!"  I don't want to have the fun house!
What I've realized is this: The kids who you want your kids to hang out with, polite, from the good families, are overscheduled and you can't pin them down for anything. It's the unholy terrors with lazy parents who will live at your house 24/7.[/quote]

This resonates with me! Including the trampoline. We are becoming less and less available (example NOT HOME) for random playdates. [/quote]

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