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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter’s former best friend was an only and it was a nightmare to host her. We had an open yard policy where all the neighborhood kids were welcome to play in our yard and vice versa. My daughter’s friend would come over and demand that my younger son not be allowed to play on ours or our neighbors’ swingset equipment while she and my daughter were outside playing. The mom would also constantly invite my daughter, husband and me to do stuff with their family (go to pool, come over for dinner, etc.) and forget that we had a four year old son at home.  The mom was not pleased when our families weren’t as close and she would send nasty texts accusing us of liking our neighbors and other friends better. Well, yeah, of course we were closer with other families that had multiple, same aged kids and were inclusive of all my children.

It’s not rocket science. [/quote]

The bossiest kid I know is the youngest of 3 kids. Should I now assume all youngest children are this way? Or all families of 3 kids? You have experience with one bossy kid who happened to be an only child. But go ahead and generalize and teach your kids to do the same  :roll: . [/quote]

Children with siblings can also be annoying. They often don’t get invited back either.

It’s not as though any mom is thinking, “Who should we have over this weekend? Not Larla, she’s an only child.” It’s more one child begging, “Can Larla come over this weekend?” If the other child begs for Larla too, Mom will invite Larla. If the other child is indifferent or occupied, Mom may still invite Larla. But if the younger child says, “No! Larla’s mean to me!” Larla won’t get the invite, especially if Mom spent the last play date breaking up dealing with high maintenance kid. Mom will probably say, “What about Larlo instead?” And if both kids get excited about Larlo, Larlo gets the invite. [/quote]

I have a friend who seems to want to hang out with us less and I just realized why. My daughter is the same age as the younger sister but we became family friends and my daughter likes the older sister better than the younger sister. When we get together, the younger sister is always whining about something being unfair or being left or some other injustice. [/quote]

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