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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let the friendship go if you cannot be kind to her kid. [/quote]

Huh?  How am I not being kind to her kid? [/quote]

You’re an entitled b y tch[/quote]

I wouldn’t go that far but I think you think your child is “Cooler”, more popular, more socially adept. It would not kill you to ask your FIVE year old son to suck it up and be nice to Andy for a couple hours since his mom is your good friend, but I suspect you’re afraid his weirdness will rub off.[/quote]

I'm so confused by this. it sounds like it's Andy who doesn't want to play with OP's kid, not vice versa. The mom wants the kids to be friends, but *her child* is not interested in this, so OP is like why would I invite them both over for him to ignore my son? [/quote]

Did you miss that they are only five years old? He’s almost certainly ignoring him because his social skills are behind (I.e. still in the parallel play stage). OP can steer them into doing something like a board game or Legos side by side while the moms socialize. If she’s trying to integrate Andy into a large group play date, then yes that is bound to fail. 
-Mom of a kid like this who is now 11 and found his friends.[/quote]

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