Comments on: Just Say No… to Playdates! http://coolmom.com/2009/03/12/just-say-no-to-playdates/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Mon, 21 May 2012 19:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: stanz http://coolmom.com/2009/03/12/just-say-no-to-playdates/#comment-4486 stanz Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:14:21 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2569#comment-4486 It's much better when they are 6 and you can have kids over without their parents. Just a few nice words at the door, then woosh my kid is off my back for two hours. It’s much better when they are 6 and you can have kids over without their parents. Just a few nice words at the door, then woosh my kid is off my back for two hours.

]]> By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2009/03/12/just-say-no-to-playdates/#comment-4416 Daphne Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:14:02 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2569#comment-4416 Five is plenty. Lou, must announce "clean up time" before kid leaves and other parent is shamed in to helping wrangle as well. And another prob is you like the kid, but not the parent. Five is plenty.
Lou, must announce “clean up time” before kid leaves and other parent is shamed in to helping wrangle as well. And another prob is you like the kid, but not the parent.

]]> By: Jessica http://coolmom.com/2009/03/12/just-say-no-to-playdates/#comment-4402 Jessica Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:48:01 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2569#comment-4402 I don't go near anything I'm "expected to do", it always has to have something in it for me. Of course, I just confessed to my mom friends today at my kids' tennis class that I do nothing just for myself. Which they concluded is excusable because I have so many kids. Ten kids is not alot! Anyway, I leave comments on Dahpne's site, hopefully making her feel less alone in her parenting. That's something I do for myself, and leaky breastmilk everywhere. (Kidding, Carole, I only have five.) I don’t go near anything I’m “expected to do”, it always has to have something in it for me. Of course, I just confessed to my mom friends today at my kids’ tennis class that I do nothing just for myself. Which they concluded is excusable because I have so many kids. Ten kids is not alot!

Anyway, I leave comments on Dahpne’s site, hopefully making her feel less alone in her parenting. That’s something I do for myself, and leaky breastmilk everywhere.

(Kidding, Carole, I only have five.)

]]> By: Lou http://coolmom.com/2009/03/12/just-say-no-to-playdates/#comment-4393 Lou Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:11:52 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2569#comment-4393 Ah, yes ... playdates! They can be a sanity saver at times, at others - just more stress. So here is my dilemma (sp?) ... what do you do when you enjoy the mom but notsomuch the kids (and your kid feels the same)? Or/and ... whenever they leave your house it looks as if WWIII just ended and you spend the next hour cleaning up and cursing under your breath???? Ah, yes … playdates! They can be a sanity saver at times, at others – just more stress.

So here is my dilemma (sp?) … what do you do when you enjoy the mom but notsomuch the kids (and your kid feels the same)? Or/and … whenever they leave your house it looks as if WWIII just ended and you spend the next hour cleaning up and cursing under your breath????

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