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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you annoyed this kid is over 1x a week or is it okay with you?

Besides the dinner issue, is his behavior generally acceptable?  Is he a good friend to your kid?  How old is he?  Did you agree to this standing play date set-up so the kid's mom could work late?  Does she ever do you any favors in return?

I am just wondering if there are other issues going on or not, such as the kid is annoying, you feel resentful having him over 1x a week, etc...

If there are no other underlying issues and it is just his pickiness at dinner, I'd just be sure to make something he liked.  What about taco bar or spaghetti and serve salad with both.[/quote]

The kid is a nice kid.  He's polite and respectful.  I agreed to the play date once.  Which then became Johnny had such a nice time that he'd like to do it again.  And then over the last few months, it's become an unofficial standing play date.  Of course, if my kids have something going on like an after school drs appt, I just tell his mom that we can't do the play date that day.

I could try a taco bar--I don't know if he eats ground meat.  He's turned down hamburgers, sloppy joes, meatloaf, and speghetti with red meat sauce.  When I ask what he doesn't like about the meal, he just says he doesn't like it.  I don't push for a deeper answer.[/quote]

So this just kind of evolved.  In that case I would tell the mom that having him there for dinner really doesn't work, since you don't seem willing to relax at all about it.  Either once/week you cook food he will eat, or let him eat the parts he likes or something.  Otherwise, don't have him there for dinner.[/quote]

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