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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took my son's BF with us on a 3 night trip to our vacation property (kids are in our quarantine bubble and we wore masks whenever we left the condo).  Mom and I are good friends, we socialize without the kids, etc.  Yesterday before we left to head home I texted her with our return time ETA.  She texted back with a thumbs-up emoji.  When we got to the house, I walked in with her son and his bags.  Son said "mom is on a work call" so I left (I also work full time so I totally understood she may have been on a work call).  I texted her "He's home!" and left.  She has not answered me at all, not even a thumbs up.  No thank you, no "Hey when he went to sleep tonight he told us all about the great time he had", etc.  I am feeling hurt and a bit used.  I also have a pile of his stuff that I washed (it was in the wet bag) like his pool towel, bathing suit, water bottle, etc.  It is all clean and I am tempted to just leave it on their steps without a word.

Am I overreacting?  I took her son for three nights, paid for everything (take out, ice cream, etc) -she didn't even send him with $5.  This is a family who regularly vacations in Europe, etc so they know how to travel and they have means.  I am not looking for much, just one text of thanks.  I will let it go because I am not one to start issues, but I wanted to vent and also do a sanity check... my expectations are not out of line, correct?[/quote]

You brought the child for your needs to play with your child so you wouldn't have to play with your child.  I don't think she should send money.  I also don't think you should be bringing another kid or doing a quarantine bubble as that's a bunch of BS and why we cannot return to schools and life because of selfish people like you.  I don't send money with my kid when parents take them out.   Your invite you pay.  When I invite I pay.  If you cannot afford to feed the kid, don't invite him.  You are complaining about what was your choice.  You are exhausting.  Stop inviting the kid.[/quote]

I totally missed the part about you expecting the kid to bring money.  What in the world?  I never send my young kids out with money.  We have plenty of money, but so do all our friends.  No one that is inviting another child out expects that child to pay his way separately.  The only scenario I could see sending money with a child on a play date is if older college sibling of other kid was the one taking them out or something similar.  .[/quote]

No way, and you aren't teaching your children good manners, although so few do these days. The child should bring some money and offer to pay. The host will respond that it is not necessary but thank you for offering. That's how it goes, and your children should learn that it is polite to offer. It also helps kids understand that they are not little princes/princesses to be catered to all the time, and to be aware that someone else is footing the bill.[/quote]

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