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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, sometimes my kid asks me for a playdate on the weekend when we end up with a pocket of time - but she asks me during the pocket of time.  I might be comfortable texting some people for a play date in 5 minutes but not many - so I might say something like they are probably busy, in order to redirect the child.  This is because I know it’s rude to give people no notice of plans and she doesn’t.  It could be this simple.[/quote]

My kid does this too. It's not her fault, kids don't know about planning ahead. But yeah, we have a handful of families we can text with know notice with "want to go to the park?" But if it's a family I don't know we'll, or who we only see with more formal plans, I would not invite in that situation. I might even say "it's too last minute to ask, let's plan ahead next time so we can make sure they aren't busy" and a 5 yr old might interpret that as "they're busy."[/quote]

If your kid is requesting to play with a specific kid, why not text them with no notice to go to the park? The worst that can happen is they say no.
I know the answer, because you prefer to spend time with "families you know well." [/quote]

Uh yes I do prefer to spend time with people I know well. Don't you? Sometimes I'm in the mood to make the extra effort to get to know a new family and sometimes I don't. I assume other families are the same.

I am not always in the mood to cold text some mom I don't know. So sue me.[/quote]

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