Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:35     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
I'm a introvert. My 8 year old daughter is a extrovert. She can and does have friends over all the time or she's at their house or at a party or a playdate (something every weekend). It's her who has to entertain them not me.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:24     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Love it. They are totally occupied and I get glorious alone time.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:23     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
No, I don't mind. I'm not debilitated by my introversion though; I can be social when I want to. I like to see my kids having fun & playing.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:22     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Anonymous wrote:I'm an introvert, but I love little people, so I'm okay with having my kid's friends over.


+1. This is me too when they were smaller. But ....now that that my older ones are older and have older friends, I don't like it anymore.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:19     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
It's fine once kid is mature enough to "go play" with a friend on another level of the house
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:09     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
I'm an introvert, but I love little people, so I'm okay with having my kid's friends over.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 15:05     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
I don't like it, but for a 2 hour play date, I can tolerate it. Sleepovers are tough, and I generally don't allow play dates longer than 2 hours.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:57     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah thus no play dates


But see I just can't do that to my kids. That's not fair to them. They definitely do not have as many as others because I just can't handle other kids in my house or tagging along on trips all the time but I make myself do them because I don't want my kids to be social pariahs.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:56     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Yes I hate it. Play dates give me so much anxiety.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:54     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
I LOVE IT. Kids are otherwise occupied. I actually prefer to have two kids over, one for each of mine (I find that 3 total can cause more problems than 4 total).
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:53     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Nope. I've taught my kids to entertain their own friends, enforce boundaries, and come get me when they can't control their guests. I sit on the couch reading or doing laundry or am in the kitchen cooking.

Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:53     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
No, because they distract my kids from literally hanging on me for a while.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:53     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Oh yeah thus no play dates
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:52     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
YES

Play dates and sleepovers are torturous for me. I have to be "on" and deal with other people's kids for hours. Literally mentally wipes me out.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 14:48     Subject: If you're an introvert, do you hate it when your kids have friends over?
Curious.