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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, is your house comfortable to hang out in? Would I feel okay putting my toddler down the moment we walked in the front door, or would I feel the need to pick him up at the door until we'd walked through the "formal" part of the house to the "play" part of the house? While I would have no problem being "grown-up" friends independent of my kids with someone whose house was that kind of showpiece, I probably wouldn't end up becoming "mom" friends, where a big part of our friend centers around getting our kids together for play dates, with someone who lived in that kind of house because I don't know that I'd ever feel truly comfortable having my kid in the space for fear of damaging something.[/quote]

What on earth would a toddler "damage"?[/quote]

Um, [b]breakable objects stylishly arranged on tables within their reach[/b]?[/quote]

Like what?  The rich people I know, who happen to own large houses, have minimalist style (no knick knacks) - that has been in style for years now.  Not sure where people are getting these outrageous assumptions? [/quote]

Before you go around showing your ass, maybe you should read the whole post. I didn't assume anything, I asked her about the nature of her home in case the issue was something other than what she appreciated. Not all people, wealthy or not, have the same interior design tastes, so what the wealthy people you know have in their homes is pretty much irrelevant to what OP may have in her home. I would be asking the same thing if OP had a more modest home and experienced that other moms weren't comfortable coming over for play dates.

And the nature of what could be damaged could be anything -- breakable items, [b]super expensive wallpaper she's afraid her child might scratch[/b], a white couch her child might rub against while sporting a previously-undetected spot of food on their shirt, etc. It's a question of how kid-friendly the house is, regardless of its size.[/quote]

LOL.  I just can't.  This is hilarious, but not as this PP intended.

And what, pray tell, does "showing your ass" mean?  I am not up on the classy jargon. [/quote]

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